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==Gene== | ==Gene== | ||
*APC gene. | *APC gene. | ||
==Variants== | |||
It comes in two flavours: | |||
#FAP (no otherwise specified - the plain vanilla flavour). | |||
#*Many polyps - typically > 100. | |||
#Attenuated FAP, abbreviated AFAP. | |||
#*Less polyps - typically 10 to 100.<ref name=pmid19822006>{{cite journal |author=Half E, Bercovich D, Rozen P |title=Familial adenomatous polyposis |journal=Orphanet J Rare Dis |volume=4 |issue= |pages=22 |year=2009 |pmid=19822006 |pmc=2772987 |doi=10.1186/1750-1172-4-22 |url=}}</ref> | |||
#**As one my think... they tend to get cancer later than (the plain vanilla) FAP. | |||
==Associations== | ==Associations== | ||