"Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A hereditary disease caused by autosomal dominant mutations involving CHROMOSOME 19. It is characterized by the presence of INTESTINAL POLYPS, consistently in the JEJUNUM, and mucocutaneous pigmentation with MELANIN spots of the lips, buccal MUCOSA, and digits.
| Descriptor ID |
D010580
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.700.705 C06.405.469.578.750 C16.320.700.705 C17.800.621.430.530.550.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome- Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
- Peutz Jeghers Syndrome
- Syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers
- Peutz-Jegher's Syndrome
- Peutz Jegher's Syndrome
- Peutz-Jegher Syndrome
- Syndrome, Peutz-Jegher's
- Periorificial Lentiginosis Syndrome
- Periorificial Lentiginosis Syndromes
- Syndrome, Periorificial Lentiginosis
- Syndromes, Periorificial Lentiginosis
- Polyps-and-Spots Syndrome
- Polyps and Spots Syndrome
- Polyps-and-Spots Syndromes
- Syndrome, Polyps-and-Spots
- Syndromes, Polyps-and-Spots
- Peutz-Jeghers Polyposis
- Peutz Jeghers Polyposis
- Polyposis, Peutz-Jeghers
- Lentiginosis, Perioral
- Lentiginoses, Perioral
- Perioral Lentiginoses
- Perioral Lentiginosis
- Polyposis, Hamartomatous Intestinal
- Hamartomatous Intestinal Polyposes
- Hamartomatous Intestinal Polyposis
- Intestinal Polyposes, Hamartomatous
- Intestinal Polyposis, Hamartomatous
- Polyposes, Hamartomatous Intestinal
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