Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer: Review of clinical, molecular genetics, and counseling aspects

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 353-364

  Bellacosa, Alfonso ^a,d   Genuardi, Maurizio ^a   Anti, Marcello ^a   Viel, Alessandra ^b   Ponz De Leon, Maurizio ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; hereditary tumors; mismatch repair

Indexed keywords

CANCER GENETICS; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA REPAIR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0029985255     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960424)62:4<353::AID-AJMG7>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Review

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