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3' Mutation of the APC gene and family history of FAP in a patient with apparently sporadic desmoid tumors.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2007
Benoit Laurent, Faivre Laurence, Cheynel Nicolas, Ortega-Deballon Pablo, Facy Olivier, Marty Marion, Olschwang Sophie, Fraisse Jean, Cuisenier Jean
Abstract excerpt
Desmoid tumors may occur sporadically or as part of the extraintestinal manifestations of familial adenomatous polyposis. Different phenotypes have been described and some genotype-phenotype correlations have been raised, associated with different sites of germline mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene. We report on a 42-year-old woman ascertained for a large desmoid tumor of the anterior chest...
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