Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome - JMI Articles

Articles from our collection about Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome published during the 1930s and 1940s

Title:  GENERALIZED INTESTINAL POLYPOSIS AND MELANIN SPOTS OF THE ORAL MUCOSA, LIPS AND DIGITS

Authors:  HAROLD JEGHERS, VICTOR A. MCKUSICK, KERMIT H. KATZ

Journal: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE Date:  1949
Volume: Issue:
Pages:  1- 19-

Abstract:   IN 1944, A BRIEF REPORT WAS MADE BY ONE OF US REGARDING THE ASSOCIATION, IN 2 PATIENTS, OF A DISTINCTIVE TYPE OF MELANIN PIGMENTATION OF THE ORAL MUCOSA, LIPS AND DIGITS WITH INTESTINAL POLYPOSIS. SINCE THEN 10 CASES, INCLUDING THE 2 REFERRED TO ABOVE, HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FROM FIVE DIFFERENT HOSPITALS AND ARE REPORTED HERE IN DETAIL ALONG WITH A REVIEW OF PERTINENT LITERATURE AND A DISCUSSION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS SYNDROME.

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Title:  INTESTINAL POLYPOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH MELANIN SPOTS: PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME

Authors:  J. GUILLARD, R. LAUMONIER

Journal:  JAMA Date:  1939
Volume:  170 Issue:  3
Pages:  177 -

Abstract:  J. GUILLARD, R. LAUMONIER, J. SEYER, R. BOULET. PRESSE MED. 66:2076-2079 (DEC. 25) 1958 (IN FRENCH) [ PARIS ]. THE HEREDITARY NATURE OF INTESTINAL POLYPOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH MELANIN SPOTS WAS OBSERVED IN 10 MEMBERS BELONGING TO 3 GENERATIONS OF A FAMILY.

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