Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
- 1 November 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 55 (11) , 866-869
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.55.11.866
Abstract
Three cases of the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome presenting in early childhood are reported. The need for surgical intervention is considered. [Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is a genetic disease characterized by abnormal mucocutaneous pigmentation and intestinal polyposis.].This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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