Clinical characteristics and STK11 gene mutations in Chinese children with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

BACKGROUND: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a rare autosomal dominant inherited disease characterized by gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyps and mucocutaneous melanin spots. Germline mutation of the serine/threonine kinase 11 (STK11) gene are responsible for PJS. In this study, we investigated the...

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Published in:BMC Gastroenterol
Main Authors: Huang, Zhiheng, Miao, Shijian, Wang, Lin, Zhang, Ping, Wu, Bingbing, Wu, Jie, Huang, Ying
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659168/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26607058
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-015-0397-9
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