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* The exact etiology of colon polyps is unknown. | * The exact etiology of colon polyps is unknown.<ref name="pmid17516746">{{cite journal |vauthors=Li SC, Burgart L |title=Histopathology of serrated adenoma, its variants, and differentiation from conventional adenomatous and hyperplastic polyps |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=131 |issue=3 |pages=440–5 |year=2007 |pmid=17516746 |doi=10.1043/1543-2165(2007)131[440:HOSAIV]2.0.CO;2 |url=}}</ref><ref name="ShussmanWexner2014">{{cite journal|last1=Shussman|first1=N.|last2=Wexner|first2=S. D.|title=Colorectal polyps and polyposis syndromes|journal=Gastroenterology Report|volume=2|issue=1|year=2014|pages=1–15|issn=2052-0034|doi=10.1093/gastro/got041}}</ref> | ||
* There are many genetic and environmental risk factors which increase the risk of development of colon polyps. | * There are many genetic and environmental risk factors which increase the risk of development of colon polyps. | ||
* To review risk factors for the development of colon polyps, click [[Colon polyps risk factors|here]]. | * To review risk factors for the development of colon polyps, click [[Colon polyps risk factors|here]]. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[2]
Overview
The cause of colon polyps has not been identified. To review risk factors for the development of colon polyps, click here.
Causes
- The exact etiology of colon polyps is unknown.[1][2]
- There are many genetic and environmental risk factors which increase the risk of development of colon polyps.
- To review risk factors for the development of colon polyps, click here.
References
- ↑ Li SC, Burgart L (2007). "Histopathology of serrated adenoma, its variants, and differentiation from conventional adenomatous and hyperplastic polyps". Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 131 (3): 440–5. doi:10.1043/1543-2165(2007)131[440:HOSAIV]2.0.CO;2. PMID 17516746.
- ↑ Shussman, N.; Wexner, S. D. (2014). "Colorectal polyps and polyposis syndromes". Gastroenterology Report. 2 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1093/gastro/got041. ISSN 2052-0034.