Regional proliferative patterns in the colon of patients at risk for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 168-171

  Patchett, S E ^a,b   Alstead, E M ^a   Saunders, B P ^a   Hodgson, S V ^a   Farthing, M J G ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonic crypt; Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; Mitotic count; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CECUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON MUCOSA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; FAMILIAL CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOGENESIS; TRANSVERSE COLON; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL DIVISION; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031025772     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02054982     Document Type: Article

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