Article
Severe Gardner syndrome in families with mutations restricted to a specific region of the APC gene.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Nov 1995
Davies D R, Armstrong J G, Thakker N, Horner K, Guy S P, Clancy T, Sloan P, Blair V, Dodd C, Warnes T W
Abstract excerpt
Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is associated with a number of extraintestinal manifestations, which include osteomas, epidermoid cysts, and desmoid tumors, often referred to as "Gardner syndrome." Recent studies have suggested that some of the phenotypic features of FAP are dependent on the...
Topics
- DNA
- Gardner Syndrome
- Genes, APC
- Genotype
- Humans
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
