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Molecular genetic evidence for the delineation of a more severe form of familial adenomatous polyposis which results from fresh mutation.
Annals of human genetics - 1 May 1993
Rees M, Leigh S E, Delhanty J D, Bowles L, Talbot I C
Abstract excerpt
Familial adenomatous polyposis, an inherited pre-malignant condition, is caused by mutation in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene at chromosome 5q22. The lifetime risk of carcinoma approaches 100%, with an average age at death from cancer of 40 years, allowing most patients to complete reproduction. Since there is no evidence for a rising incidence, this is at variance with an apparently high mutation...
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