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Presymptomatic diagnosis of familial adenomatous polyposis coli.
Diseases of the colon and rectum - 1 Jul 1994
Park J G, Han H J, Kang M S, Nakamura Y
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UNLABELLED: Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), an autosomal dominant inherited disease, confers a high risk of colon cancer, and recently the gene responsible for FAP, termed adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene, was identified and fully characterized. PURPOSE: For the presymptomatic diagnosis of FAP, we have performed linkage studies using two polymorphic systems close to or at the APC locus;...
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