Gastrointestinal polyposis with esophageal polyposis is useful for early diagnosis of Cowden's disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 37, 2008, Pages 5755-5759

  Umemura, Ken ^a   Takagi, Sho ^a   Ishigaki, Yasushi ^a   Iwabuchi, Masahiro ^b   Kuroki, Shigeru ^c   Kinouchi, Yoshitaka ^a   Shimosegawa, Tooru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Kurihara Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cowden's disease; Early diagnosis; Gastrointestinal polyposis; Hamartoma; PTEN

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; THYMINE; PTEN PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CODON; COLON POLYPOSIS; COWDEN SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; EXON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; GENE MUTATION; HAMARTOMA; HEMATOCHEZIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POINT MUTATION; RECTUM POLYP; STOMACH POLYPOSIS; TRICHILEMMOMA; CONGENITAL TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETICS; HYPERPLASIA; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPILLOMA; PATHOLOGY; POLYP; STOMACH DISEASE;

ADULT; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HAMARTOMA SYNDROME, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; PAPILLOMA; POINT MUTATION; POLYPS; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 63449094233     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.5755     Document Type: Article

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