Presymptomatic diagnosis of familial adenomatous polyposis using intragenic polymorphisms and CA repeats flanking the APC gene

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Hayes, V M ^a   Kotze, M J ^a   Grobbelaar, J J ^a   Madden, M V ^b   Ramesar, R ^c   Oosthuizen, C J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Familial adenomatous polyposis; Polymorphic markers; Presymptomatic genetic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILIAL COLON POLYPOSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; ADULT; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0029914484     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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