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Cowden disease

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
Autosomal dominant.

Prenatal diagnosis
This is possible by Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) at about ten to twelve weeks or amniocentesis at sixteen to eighteen weeks if the version of the PTEN gene affecting the family is known.

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Medical text written September 2004 by Contact a Family. Approved September 2004 by Dr D Hargrave, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK.

 

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