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Molecular diagnosis of familial adenomatous polyposis.
The New England journal of medicine - 30 Dec 1993
Powell S M, Petersen G M, Krush A J, Booker S, Jen J, Giardiello F M, Hamilton S R, Vogelstein B, Kinzler K W
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BACKGROUND: Familial adenomatous polyposis is an inherited disease characterized by multiple colorectal tumors. The diagnosis has classically been based on the detection of multiple colorectal adenomas. The recent identification of germline mutations of the APC gene in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis makes presymptomatic molecular diagnosis possible, but the widespread distribution of the many...
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