Prenatal diagnosis in a hereditary Peutz-Jeghers syndrome family with high cancer risk

• Main Authors: Zhiqing Wang (Author), Shu Liu (Author), Siping Liu (Author), Yadong Wang (Author), Junsheng Chen (Author), Baoping Wu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS) is a hereditary cancer predisposing syndrome caused by autosomal dominant mutations in the serine/threonine kinase 11 (STK11) gene and is associated with decreased life expectancy. Many families experience a poorer quality of life due to the psycholog...