Evidence for genetic heterogeneity in familial Wilms' tumor

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1859-1862

  Huff, Vicki ^a   Amos, Chris I ^a   Douglass, Edwin C ^b   Fisher, Ross ^c   Geiser, Clementina F ^d   Krill, Carl E ^e   Li, Frederick P ^f   Strong, Louise C ^a   McDonald, J Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^e AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PEDIGREE; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 0030940740     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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