Cranial desmoid tumor associated with homozygous inactivation of the adenomatous polyposis coli gene in a 2-year-old girl with familial adenomatous polyposis

Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 972-976

  De Silva, Deepthi C ^a   Wright, Morag F ^b   Stevenson, David A J ^a   Clark, Caroline ^a   Gray, Elizabeth S ^a   Holmes, John D ^c   Dean, John C S ^a   Haites, Neva E ^a   Dunlop, Malcolm G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adenomatous polyposis coli gene (APC gene); chromosome deletion; desmoid tumor; familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME LOSS; DESMOID TUMOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030068775     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19960301)77:5<972::aid-cncr25>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Article

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