Upper gastrointestinal tract polyps in familial adenomatosis coli.
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Upper gastrointestinal tract polyps in familial adenomatosis coli.
Upper gastrointestinal tract polyps were sought prospectively using endoscopy and biopsy in 34 patients with familial adenomatosis coli belonging to 18 unrelated families. Gastric and/or duodenal polyps, usually small and multiple, occurred in 28 patients (82%). Histologically verified extracolonic adenomas were present in 19 patients (56%). Gastric adenomas, all in the antrum, and duodenal ade...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.24.4.333