PTEN mosaicism with features of cowden syndrome

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 593-595

  Gammon, A ^a   Jasperson, K ^a   Pilarski, R ^b   Prior, T W ^c   Kuwada, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Clinical Cancer Genetics Program   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Cowden syndrome; Ganglioneuromas; Hamartomatous polyps; Mosaicism; PTEN

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON TUMOR; COWDEN SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FATHER; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MACROCEPHALY; MOSAICISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COWDEN SYNDROME; GANGLIONEUROMAS; HAMARTOMATOUS POLYPS; MOSAICISM; PTEN;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA SYNDROME, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; MOSAICISM; PHENOTYPE; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; SKIN; TONGUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886787802     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cge.12078     Document Type: Article

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