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. 1998 May;62(5):1020–1022. doi: 10.1086/301847

Molecular classification of the inherited hamartoma polyposis syndromes: clearing the muddied waters.

C Eng 1, H Ji 1
PMCID: PMC1377104  PMID: 9545417

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