[Familial adenomatous polyposis].

Article

[Familial adenomatous polyposis].

Bulletin du cancer - 1 Jan 1994

Olschwang S

Abstract excerpt

Familial adenomatous polyposis is a rare genetic disease with a dominant mode of inheritance, involved in 1% of colorectal cancer. The APC gene, responsible for the disease, has been localized on the long arm of chromosome 5 and has recently been cloned and sequenced. Mutations predicted to alter...

Topics

Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
Genes, APC
Humans
Phenotype

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