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Restriction of ocular fundus lesions to a specific subgroup of APC mutations in adenomatous polyposis coli patients.
Cell - 3 Dec 1993
Olschwang S, Tiret A, Laurent-Puig P, Muleris M, Parc R, Thomas G
Abstract excerpt
In humans, alteration of the tumor suppressor gene, APC, causes adenomatous polyposis coli, a condition causing predisposition to colorectal cancer. The syndrome inconsistently associates characteristic patches of congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE). Ocular examination revealed that patients expressing CHRPE tend to cluster within specific families. The exact APC mutation was...
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