“…4,6 This last mutation (Leu-for-Val), however, was observed only in a single case and could not be confirmed in other family members because there was no family history suggestive of FAP. 4,6 We now have identified this mutation in 3 members of a Japanese type 1 FAP family, showing for the first time a direct link between the mutation and the inheritance of type 1 FAP.…”