Cowden's disease: A case report and review of the literature

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-73

  Goulas, S S ^a   Papaioannou, D G ^b   Papadeli, Despina T ^a   Psilopoulos, D J ^a   Elefsiniotis, I G ^a   Mavrogiannis, C K ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cowden's disease; Gastrointestinal polyposis syndromes; Hamartoma; Hyperplastic polyp; PTEN gene

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; COLONOSCOPY; COWDEN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; GOITER; GREECE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STOMACH BIOPSY;

EID: 39449134230     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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