High prevalence of germline <it>STK11 </it>mutations in Hungarian Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome patients

• Main Authors: Kasler Miklos (Author), Solyom Szilvia (Author), Kovacs Marietta (Author), Papp Janos (Author), Børresen-Dal (Author), Olah Edith (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a rare autosomal dominantly inherited disease characterized by gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyposis and mucocutaneous pigmentation. The genetic predisposition for PJS has been shown to be associate...