Novel germline mutations in the APC gene and their phenotypic spectrum in familial adenomatous polyposis kindreds

Human Genetics

Volumn 100, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 601-605

  Walon, Corinne ^a   Kartheuser, Alex ^a,b   Michils, Geneviève ^a   Smaers, Michèle ^a   Lannoy, Nathalie ^a   Ngounou, Patrick ^b   Mertens, Guy ^a   Verellen Dumoulin, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MISSENSE MUTATION; OSTEOMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; AGED; FEMALE; GENES, APC; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0031429057     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050560     Document Type: Article

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