Article
Symptomatic colonic polyps in childhood: not so benign.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition - 1 Feb 1999
Hoffenberg E J, Sauaia A, Maltzman T, Knoll K, Ahnen D J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The clinical spectrum of symptomatic polyps and the frequency of familial polyposis is not well defined in children. In the present study, a series of children with juvenile polyposis coli (JPC) and non-JPC polyps were studied. METHODS: Children with symptomatic colonic polyps and neg...
Topics
- Abdominal Pain
- Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
- Anemia
- Aneuploidy
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Colonic Polyps
- Female
- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
- Gene Expression
- Genes, p53
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation