Familial adenomatous polyposis in a 5 year old child: A clinical, pathological, and molecular genetic study

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-160

  Distante, S ^a   Nasioulas, S ^a   Somers, G R ^a   Cameron, D J S ^a   Young, M A ^a   Forrest, S M ^a   Gardner, R J M ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Codon 1309 mutation; Familial adenomatous polyposis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CODON; COLON RESECTION; ENDOSCOPY; FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; POLYPOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0030041375     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.33.2.157     Document Type: Article

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