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1: Science. 1983 Sep 2;221(4614):951-3.Click here to read Links

Multiclonal origin of polyps in Gardner syndrome.

Electrophoretic analysis of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase was performed on polyp tissue from three black female patients with Gardner syndrome and who are heterozygous for the A and B forms of this enzyme. Polyp tissues from the three patients displayed the AB phenotype. This finding suggests a multiclonal origin of polyps in Gardner syndrome. Studies of tumors originating from such polyps may provide information about the sequence of cellular events leading to malignant transformation.

PMID: 6879192 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]