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SMAD4 mutation and the combined juvenile polyposis and hereditary hemorrhage telangiectasia syndrome: a single center experience.
International journal of colorectal disease - 1 Oct 2020
McDonald Nicholas M, Ramos Guilherme Piovezani, Sweetser Seth
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PURPOSE: Mutations of the SMAD4 gene can result in a distinct syndrome with combined clinical features of both juvenile polyposis syndrome (JPS) and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Even though it is known that patients with the overlap syndrome are at increased risk for colorectal malignancies and bleeding, the outcomes of this patient population have not been extensively studied. METHODS:...
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