Laugier-Hunziker syndrome: an important differential diagnosis for Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
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Laugier-Hunziker syndrome: an important differential diagnosis for Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.
Laugier-Hunziker syndrome (LHS) is a rare sporadic disorder, which shares some dermatological features with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS). However, whereas PJS is associated with hamartomatous gastrointestinal polyposis and carries a high risk of malignancy justifying intensive screening protocols, LHS is known to be an entirely benign disease with no systemic manifestations, which requires pati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Genetics
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1468-6244
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.40.6.e77