Risk of extracolonic cancer in familial adenomatous polyposis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1121-1122

  Nugent, K P ^a   Spigelman, A D ^b   Phillips, R K S ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029761476     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830828     Document Type: Article

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