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Familial Adenomatous Polyposis 1
A familial adenomatous polyposis that is characterized by predisposition to cancer and that is caused by heterozygous mutation in the APC gene on chromosome 5q22. Affected individuals usually develop hundreds to thousand
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A familial adenomatous polyposis that is characterized by predisposition to cancer and that is caused by heterozygous mutation in the APC gene on chromosome 5q22. Affected individuals usually develop hundreds to thousand
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