Guidelines for the surveillance and management of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP): A world wide survey among 41 registries

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 214-221

  Vasen, H F A ^a,c   Bulow S ^b   Jarvinen H ^d   Church, J ^d   Caspari, R ^d   Friedl, W ^d   Lamberti, Ch ^d   Slors, J ^d   Tsan Yuen, S ^d   Cohen, Z ^d   Gallinger, S ^d   Babat, B ^d   Berk, T ^d   Haites, N ^d   Ward, A ^d   Knight, N ^d   Leggett, B ^d   Givel, J C ^d   Delarive, J ^d   Bertario, L ^d   Winde, G ^d   Iwama, T ^d   Leong, A ^d   Seow Choen, F ^d   Itoh, H ^d   Ho, J ^d   Bulow, S ^d   Leite, J S ^d   Bertagnoli, M ^d   Baba, S ^d   Moeslein, G ^d   Van Stolk, R ^d   Colins, B ^d   Macrae, F ^d   Menko, F M ^d   Mathus Vliegen, L ^d   Rodriguez Bigas, M ^d   Fausa, O ^d   Park, J G ^d   Chalters, R C ^d   Giardello, F ^d   Keenan, R ^d   Bisgaard, M L ^d   Mullhaupt, E ^d   Phillips, R ^d   Neale, K ^d   Halvorsen, J F ^d   Olschwang, S ^d   Baron Hay, G ^d   more..

^a Netherlands Found Detection H   (Netherlands)

^b Danish Polyposis Register   (Denmark)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Familial adenomatous polyposis; Guidelines; Management; Registry; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000778913     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.1999.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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