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An updated mutation spectrum in an Australian series of PJS patients provides further evidence for only one gene locus.
Clinical genetics - 1 Nov 2006
Chow E, Meldrum C J, Crooks R, Macrae F, Spigelman A D, Scott R J
Abstract excerpt
The genetic predisposition Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS) has been shown to be associated with mutations in the serine threonine kinase 11 (STK11) gene but only a proportion of probands have been shown to harbour changes in the gene. The remaining patients were proposed to be either associated with a second PJS gene or they harboured more cryptic mutations within the STK11 gene itself. With the introduction of the...
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