Talk:Familial adenomatous polyposis

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So, is this a purely inherited condition (as name would suggest), or is it possible for someone wothout a family history to get it. Maybe a section on inheritance or etiology could be added (I'd do it myself but I dont know the answer)

It is not purely hereditary - de novo mutations can occur with a negative familiy history. JFW | T@lk 06:25, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

There's an interesting news story on its genetics that might be an interesting jumping-off point for expanding the information on inheritance. The link is here.[1] WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)