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Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome

How is it diagnosed?

Diagnosis of BRRS is made on identification of the hallmark features of the syndrome. It has been found that sixty per cent of individuals diagnosed with BRRS have a detectable mutation of the PTEN gene.

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Medical text written October 2005 by Contact a Family. Approved October 2005 by Dr K Lachlan, Specialist Registrar in Clinical Genetics, Essex Regional Genetics Service, Southampton, UK.

 

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