Colorectal cancer in two pre-teenage siblings with familial adenomatous polyposis
Colorectal cancer in two pre-teenage siblings with familial adenomatous polyposis
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Heidelberg: Springer
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English
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Heidelberg: Springer
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Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an autosomal dominant disorder that characteristically presents with colon cancer in early adult life. We describe a Pakistani FAP family in which two sons had an unusually early manifestation of colorectal cancer. The index patient presented at 11 years of age with abdominal pain, rectal bleeding and iron de...
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Colorectal cancer in two pre-teenage siblings with familial adenomatous polyposis
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67768480
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67768480
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0340-6199
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1432-1076
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10.1007/s00431-004-1602-y
