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Familial adenomatous polyposis: from bedside to benchside.
American journal of clinical pathology - 1 May 1998
O'Sullivan M J, McCarthy T V, Doyle C T
Abstract excerpt
Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a dominantly inherited cancer-predisposition syndrome with an incidence of between 1:17,000 and 1:5,000. The condition has been causally linked to mutation of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene located at 5q21. Virtually all mutations in the APC gene are truncating mutations, resulting in loss of function of the APC protein. Spontaneous germline mutation of this gene...
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