Lessons from hereditary colorectal cancer

Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-170

  Kinzler, Kenneth W ^a   Vogelstein, Bert ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030592517     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81333-1     Document Type: Review

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