Genetic counseling in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-76

  Menko, Fred H ^a   Wijnen, Juul Th ^b   Khan, P Meera ^b   Vasen, Hans F A ^c   Oosterwijk, M H ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Found Detection of Hered Tumors   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0029679712     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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