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  • Rashes, some necessitating discontinuation of therapy, have been reported in about 4 percentof patients (adults and children).

    Succimer 2010

  • There are likely to be additional, undiscovered genes that play a role in the development of JPS for the remaining 60 percentof patients.

    Juvenile Polyposis 2009

  • This is consistent with findings from other poison centers as reflected in the American Association of Poison Control Centers 'Annual Reports, in which elderly victims constituted only 2. 7percent of all calls, but 17. 9-21.3 percentof all fatalities reported. 1,2,3,4,5

    Elderly 2010

  • Adrenal masses have been found in 7 percent to 13 percentof individuals with FAP.

    Familial Adenomatous Polyposis 2009

  • In the other 40 percentof patients, JPS develops as the result ofmutations in one of two different genes, BMPR1A and SMAD4.

    Juvenile Polyposis 2009

  • In 60 percentof patients, the underlying cause of juvenile polyposis syndrome (JPS) is unknown.

    Juvenile Polyposis 2009

  • In 1993, calls regarding elderly victims of poisoning constituted onlythree percentof The Poison Control Center's (PCC) total call volume for 1993, compared to children under 6, who made up 64percent of the calls.

    Elderly 2010

  • Although these individuals will be the first ones in their family to carry the genetic change, they can now pass the genetic alteration on to 50 percentof their future offspring.

    Juvenile Polyposis 2009

  • Desmoid tumors -- These fibrous tumors occur in approximately 10 percentof children and adults with FAP.

    Familial Adenomatous Polyposis 2009

  • It is estimated that 30 percentof X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (XLP) patients develop lymphoma, an aggressive but usually curable cancer of a type of immune cell known as lymphocyte.

    X-linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome 2009

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