| 1. | Two genes associated with Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome are BMPR1A and SMAD4.
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| 2. | People with juvenile polyposis have an increased risk of colon cancer.
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| 3. | The FDA has approved Celebrex for treatment of familial adenomatous polyposis ( FAP ).
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| 4. | People with familial ademomatous polyposis, or FAP, have had long, sad family histories.
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| 5. | Then company scientists demonstrated that Celebrex could suppress polyp formation in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis.
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| 6. | In the large intestine, familial adenomatous polyposis occurs; in the CNS, brain tumors.
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| 7. | Both copies of the MYH gene are mutated in individuals who have autosomal recessive familial adenomatous polyposis.
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| 8. | This association has prognostic important since cutaneous findings in children with Gardner Syndrome generally precede colonic polyposis.
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| 9. | Familial adenomatous polyposis ( FAP ) is a familial cancer syndrome caused by mutations in the APC gene.
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| 10. | Initial reports on the link between asthma, aspirin and nasal polyposis were made by Widal in 1922.
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