Molecular Genetic Evidence of an Association between Nasal Polyposis and the Peutz–Jeghers Syndrome

  1. Josbert J. Keller, MD;
  2. Anne Marie Westerman, MD;
  3. Felix W.M. de Rooij, PhD;
  4. J.H. Paul Wilson, MD;
  5. Herman van Dekken, MD, PhD;
  6. Francis M. Giardiello, MD;
  7. Marian A.J. Weterman, PhD; and
  8. G. Johan A. Offerhaus, MD, MPH, PhD
  1. Academic Medical Center; University of Amsterdam; 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Keller) Dijkzigt Hospital; University of Rotterdam; 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Westerman, de Rooij, Wilson, van Dekken) Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD 21205 (Giardiello) Academic Medical Center; University of Amsterdam; 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Weterman, Offerhaus)

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    The Peutz–Jeghers syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by hamartomatous polyposis of the gastrointestinal tract, melanin pigmentation of the skin …

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