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Different phenotypes including gynecological cancer in three female patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and mutations in the STK11 gene.
Onkologie - 1 Nov 2008
Heinritz Wolfram, Strenge Sibylle, Kujat Annegret, Hockel Michael, Froster Ursula G
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BACKGROUND: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS), a rare hereditary disorder, is characterized by the occurrence of gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyps associated with mucocutaneous pigmentation. Patients are at an increased cancer risk not only for gastrointestinal but also for extraintestinal neoplasms. PATIENTS AND RESULTS: We report on the clinical and molecular findings in 3 young female patients with PJS; 2 of...
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