HUM-MOLGEN DIAGnostics/Clinical Research


November, 15 1998
Bannayan-Zonana syndrome/ Cowden's disease 

We are looking for cell lines developed from intestinal hamartomas of patients with Bannayan-Zonana syndrome (BJS; also known as Ruvalcaba-Riley-Smith syndrome, Bannayan-Ruvalcaba syndrome, or Ruvalcaba-Myhre-Smith syndrome),  or of patients with Cowden's disease, or of patients with juvenile polyposis coli. If you have access to these cell lines, please contact us.

Sincerely yours,


Stephen J. Meltzer, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
University of Maryland N3W62
22 S. Greene St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-706-3375
FAX 410-328-6559
email: smeltzer@medicine.ab.umd.edu