. . . . . . . . . . . . "[ A large frequency of biallelic MYH mutations (69%) was found in APC mutation negative patients belonging to families with attenuated polyposis; the highest percentage was observed in families presenting evidence for horizontal transmission of the disease. The high percentage of degeneration found in these patients suggests that colonoscopy with polypectomies is not sufficient and prophylactic colectomy is recommended. The identification of MYH associated polyposis is important to evaluate the level of risk, particularly for the siblings.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine."@en . . . . . "2013-07-06"^^ . . "Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature."@en . "DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE"@en . "2014-10-02T12:32:25+02:00"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "v2.1.0.0" . "v2.1.0" .