Article
Assessment of the value of congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium as an ocular marker for familial adenomatous polyposis coli.
Eye (London, England) - 1 Jan 1993
Hickey-Dwyer M U, Willoughby C E
Abstract excerpt
The presence of bilateral, multiple patches of congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE) is cited as an early phenotypic marker of the familial adenomatous polyposis coli (FAPC) gene. However, the degree of concordance between CHRPE and the presence of familial adenomatous...
Topics
- Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Family Health
- Female
- Humans
- Hypertrophy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Pigment Epithelium of Eye
