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Familial adenomatous polyposis in children younger than age ten years: a multidisciplinary clinic experience.
Diseases of the colon and rectum - 1 Feb 2008
Attard Thomas M, Tajouri Tanya, Peterson Kristin D, Tinley Susan, Thorson Alan G, Lynch Henry T
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PURPOSE: Children with familial adenomatous polyposis have a greater mortality and morbidity in the first decade of life compared with the general population. Some children with a more severe disease phenotype present early with colorectal adenomata and may require colectomy at an early age. We present our multidisciplinary clinic experience with familial adenomatous polyposis in children younger than age ten...
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