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Carney Complex, Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome, Cowden Disease, and Bannayan-Zonana Syndrome Share Cutaneous and Endocrine Manifestations, But Not Genetic Loci
1 Aug 1998
Abstract excerpt
Carney complex (CC), Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS), Cowden disease (CD), and Bannayan-Zonana syndrome (BZS) share clinical features, such as mucocutaneous lentigines and multiple tumors (thyroid, breast, ovarian, and testicular neoplasms), and autosomal dominant inheritance. A genetic locus has been identified for CC on chromosome 2 (2p16), and the genes for PJS, CD, and BZS were recently identified; genetic...
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