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Heterogeneous molecular mechanisms underlie attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Dec 2007
Cattaneo Francesca, Molatore Sara, Mihalatos Markos, Apessos Angela, Venesio Tiziana, Bione Silvia, Grignani Pierangela, Nasioulas Georgios, Ranzani Guglielmina Nadia
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Familial adenomatous polyposis is a phenotypically heterogeneous disease predisposing to colorectal cancer. It is dominantly transmitted, when associated with the APC gene, and recessively inherited, when associated with MUTYH gene. We searched for APC and MUTYH germline alterations in Italian and Greek patients with attenuated polyposis, a phenotypic variant whose genetic cause remains unknown in many...
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