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Familial Adenomatous Polyposis with Atypical Clinical Morphology and Genetic Variants.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 15 Apr 2024
Komeda Yoriaki, Ishikawa Hideki, Yoshida Teruhiko, Ushiama Mineko, Yoshida Saki, Nomura Kenji, Kono Masashi, Omoto Shunsuke, Takenaka Mamoru, Hagiwara Satoru, Kashida Hiroshi, Kudo Masatoshi
Abstract excerpt
Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is caused by pathogenic variants of the APC gene on the long arm of chromosome 5. An analysis showed an association between germline APC gene variants and clinical signs of FAP; however, attenuated FAP has also been reported in cases with pathogenic variants. In contrast, a phenotype of FAP with no APC germline pathogenic variant and with few signs has been reported. We herein...
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