Erratum to: A novel frameshift mutation in exon 12 of the adenomatous polyposis coli gene in an Italian family with familial adenomatous polyposis and desmoid tumour.

[This corrects the article on p. 235 in vol. 4, PMID: 20589194.

IVS4-14 A/G and IVS4-73 C/T polymorphisms in OLR1 gene in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular diseases.

Introduction: Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) plays a key role in the processes of atherogenesis, the major cause of myocardial infarction. Increased levels of ox-LDL relate to plaque instability in human coronary atherosclerotic lesions. Moreover, ox-LDL levels show a direct correlation to the severity of coronary syndromes.

CYP17 and CYP19 gene polymorphisms in women affected with endometriosis.

Objective: To investigate whether CYP17 T>C polymorphism and polymorphisms C1558T and Val80 of CYP19 are related to endometriosis.

Design: Clinical study.

Patient(s): Women affected with endometriosis (n = 104) and control group (n = 86).

p53 codon 72 polymorphism in patients affected with ulcerative colitis.

Background: The p53 tumor suppressor protein plays a fundamental role in maintaining genomic integrity through its ability to arrest the cell cycle in G1 and induce apoptosis. The proapoptotic activity of p53 seems to be strictly related to proline-rich regions, homologous to the SH3 binding domain. In the literature, reported data suggest a role for polymorphism at codon 72 of p53 in the predisposition to neoplastic transformation, although the results are still controversial.

Intramedullary neurenteric cysts of the spine. Report of three cases.

Neurenteric spinal cysts are infrequently occurring dysraphic lesions that are caused by persistent or abnormal communication among neuroectoderm, notochord, and endoderm. They are generally located at the intradural, extramedullary compartment of the low cervical or upper spinal canal. They occur primarily in infants and in young adults in combination with other congenital abnormalities.