Cowden Syndrome

                                                                        PTEN Gene  

 

 

 

 

Functioning PTEN = Normal Cell Growth  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Deficient PTEN = Uncontrolled Cell Growth 

 

 

 

 

 

PTEN associated Health Conditions  

 

 

 Cowden Syndrome    

 

American physicians Kenneth M. Lloyd II and Macey Dennis published “Cowden's Disease: A Possible New Symptom Complex with Multiple System Involvement” in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. They described a 20-year-old woman named Rachel Cowden with abnormalities affecting multiple organ systems. The syndrome was named after her 

 

                                                                         Rachel Cowden 

 

 

 Rachel Cowden To Cowden Syndrome 

 

 

 

 

 

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