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Increased beta-catenin protein and somatic APC mutations in sporadic aggressive fibromatoses (desmoid tumors).
The American journal of pathology - 1 Aug 1997
Alman B A, Li C, Pajerski M E, Diaz-Cano S, Wolfe H J
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Sporadic aggressive fibromatosis (also called desmoid tumor) is a monoclonal proliferation of spindle (fibrocyte-like) cells that is locally invasive but does not metastasize. A similarity to abdominal fibromatoses (desmoids) in familial adenomatous polyposis and a cytogenetic study showing parti...
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