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Juvenile Polyposis:
A Guide for patients and their families

References and Credits

Joy Larsen Haidle, MS, CGC, UI Health Care
V. Kim Horton, RN, MS, CGC, UI Health Care
James R. Howe, MD, UI College of Medicine
Hope Bergemann, UI Health Care

Peer Review Status: Internally reviewed by the authors
First Published:
Last Revised: April 2002


REFERENCES

1. Desai DC, Murday V, Phillips RKS, Neale KF, Milla P, Hudson SV. A survey of phenotypic features in juvenile polyposis. J Med Genet 1998: 35: 476-481.

2. Eng C, Hampel H, de la Chapelle A, Genetic Testing for Cancer Predisposition. Annu. Rev. Med. 2000. 52: 371-400.

3. Howe JR, Roth S, Ringold JC, Summers RW, Jarvinen HJ, Sistonen P, Tomlinson IPM, Houlston RS, Bevan S, Mitros FA, Stone EM, Aaltonen LA. Mutations in the SMAD4/DPC4 Gene in Juvenile Polyposis. Science 1998: 280: 1086-1088.

4. Howe JR, Mitros FA, Summers RW. The Risk of Gastrointestinal Carcinoma in Familial Juvenile Polyposis. Annals of Surgical Oncology 1998: 5(8): 751-756.

5. Howe JR, Ringold JC, Hughes JH, Summers RW. Direct genetic testing for Smad4 mutations in patients at risk for juvenile polyposis. Surgery 1999: 126(2): 162-170.

6. Howe JR, Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome. 8th Ed., The Molecular and Metabolic Basis of Human Disease. 2000: 805-818.

7. Howe JR, Bair JL, Sayed MG, Anderson ME, Mitros MA, Peterson GM, Velculescu VE, Traverso G, Vogelstein B. Germline mutations of the gene encoding bone morphogenetic protien receptor 1A in juvenile polyposis. Nat Genet 2000: 28:184-187.

8. Soravia C, Berk T, Cohen Z. Genetic testing and surgical decision making in hereditary colorectal cancer. Int J Colorectal Dis 2000: 15: 21-28.

CREDITS

Written By:
Joy Larsen Haidle, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor
Division of Medical Genetics
University of Iowa Health Care V. Kim Horton, RN, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor
Division of Medical Genetics
University of Iowa James R. Howe, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Iowa College of MedicineHope Bergemann
University of Iowa Health Care

Illustrations:
Terry Demmer

Acknowledgements:
Charis Eng, MD, PhD
Director, Clinical Genetics Program
The Ohio State University Sarah Burton
University of Iowa Health Care

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