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gastric Peutz-Jeghers polyp
Monday 14 February 2005
Gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyps in the Peutz-Jeghers cancer predisposition syndrome and its mouse model (Lkb1(+/-)) are presumed to contain all cell types native to the site of their occurrence.
Open references
Impaired gastric gland differentiation in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. Udd L, Katajisto P, Kyyrönen M, Ristimäki AP, Mäkelä TP. Am J Pathol. 2010 May;176(5):2467-76. doi : 10.2353/ajpath.2010.090519 PMID: 20363912 (Free)
References
Oberhuber G, Stolte M. Gastric polyps: an update of their pathology and biological significance. Virchows Arch. 2000 Dec;437(6):581-90. PMID: 11193468
