Frequency of replication errors in colorectal cancer and their association with family history

Gut

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 553-557

  Brown, S R ^a,c   Finan, P J ^a   Cawkwell, L ^b   Quirke, P ^a   Bishop, D T ^c  

^a Centre for Digestive Diseases   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hereditary non polyposis colorectal cancer; Replication errors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA REPLICATION; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031710995     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.43.4.553     Document Type: Article

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