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Congenital Hypertrophy of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium Predicts Colorectal Polyposis in Gardner's Syndrome
1 Apr 1990
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We studied prospectively the utility of congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium as a predictor of colonic polyposis in offspring of patients with familial adenomatous polyposis with extracolonic manifestations (Gardner's syndrome). After they underwent initial indirect ophthalmoscopy, we followed up 34 individuals at 50% genetic risk for familial adenomatous polyposis with extracolonic...
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