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Disease-gene associations mined from literature

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Human genes for Cowden syndrome

Cowden syndrome [DOID:6457]

A PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome that is characterized by multiple noncancerous, tumor-like growths (hamartomas) and an increased risk of certain forms of cancer, especially breast, thyroid and endometrium.

Synonyms:  Cowden syndrome,  Cowden disease,  Cowden disorder,  Cowden syndromes,  DOID:6457 ...

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The disease-gene associations are derived from automatic text mining of the biomedical literature, manually curated database annotations, cancer mutation data, and genome-wide association studies. The confidence of each association is signified by stars, where ★★★★★ is the highest confidence and ★☆☆☆☆ is the lowest.

Developed by Sune Frankild, Alexander Junge, Albert Pallejà, Dhouha Grissa, Kalliopi Tsafou, and Lars Juhl Jensen from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research.