Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: Diagnostic and therapeutic approach

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 43, 2009, Pages 5397-5408

  Kopacova, Marcela ^a   Tacheci, Ilja ^a   Rejchrt, Stanislav ^a   Bures, Jan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal endoscopy; Hamartoma; Intraoperative period; Peutz Jeghers syndrome

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CELECOXIB; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; METFORMIN; MIDAZOLAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENTAZOCINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE LKB1; RAPAMYCIN; S6 KINASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTRAOPERATIVE ENTEROSCOPY; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LAPAROTOMY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUNG TUMOR; MAMMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NOSE POLYP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYPECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; TESTIS TUMOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UTERUS TUMOR;

EID: 74249108693     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.5397     Document Type: Review

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