Detection of K-ras mutations in stools of patients with colorectal cancer by mutant-enriched PCR

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 332-336

  Nollau, Peter ^a   Moser, Carsten ^a   Weinland, Günter ^b   Wagener, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b ISRAELITISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOGENE K RAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029984253     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960503)66:3<332::AID-IJC11>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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