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Two cases of somatic STK11 mosaicism in Danish patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.
Familial cancer - 1 Jan 2021
Jelsig Anne Marie, Bertelsen Birgitte, Forss Isabel, Karstensen John Gásdal
Abstract excerpt
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a hereditary polyposis syndrome characterized by hamartomatous Peutz-Jeghers polyps in the gastrointestinal tract, mucocutaneous pigmentations, and increased risk for intestinal and extraintestinal cancer. In more than two-third of patients it is possible to detect pathogenic variants in the serine/threonine kinase 11 (STK11) gene, but so far is knowledge about genetic causes in...
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