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Jan Peutz, Harold Jeghers and a remarkable combination of polyposis and pigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes

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  1. Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Josbert J. Keller & G. Johan A. Offerhaus

  2. Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Francis M. Giardiello

  3. Department of Clinical Genetics and Human Genetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Fred H. Menko

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Keller, J.J., Offerhaus, G.J.A., Giardiello, F.M. et al. Jan Peutz, Harold Jeghers and a remarkable combination of polyposis and pigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes. Familial Cancer 1, 181–185 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021149327174

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