Hereditary colorectal cancer in the general population: From cancer registration to molecular diagnosis

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Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-38

  Ponz De Leon, M ^d   Pedroni, M ^e   Benatti, P ^e   Percesepe, A ^e   Di Gregorio, C ^a   Foroni, M ^e   Rossi, G ^e   Genuardi, M ^b   Neri, G ^b   Leonardi, F ^b   Viel, A ^c   Capozzi, E ^c   Boiocchi, M ^c   Roncucci, L ^e  

^a Ospedale di Carpi   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; DNA repair genes; Hereditary non polyposis colorectal cancer; Microsatellite loci; Mutation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0006351323     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.45.1.32     Document Type: Article

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