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First genetic analysis in Tunisian familial adenomatous polyposis probands.
Oncology reports - 1 May 2008
Bougatef Karim, Marrakchi Raja, Moussa Amel, Blondeau-Lahely Yannick, Najjar Tawfik, Coulet Florence, Colas Chrystelle, Ben Ayed Farhat, Ben Ammar Elgaaied Amel, Soubrier Florent
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Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an autosomal dominant inherited disease characterized by the development of hundreds to thousands of adenomatous polyps in colon and rectum. The APC gene (adenomatous polyposis coli) is considered as the major mutated gene in FAP. It has been shown that biallelic germline mutations in the base-excision-repair gene MYH can be responsible for a recessive inheritance of...
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