APC mutations in human colorectal adenomas: Analysis of the mutation cluster region with temperature gradient gel electrophoresis and clinicopathological features

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 360-365

  Mulkens, Judith ^a   Poncin, Jacques ^b   Arends, Jan Willem ^a   De Goeij, Anton F P M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

APC gene; Colorectal adenoma; Dysplasia; Growth pattern; Mutation; Tumour size

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON POLYPOSIS; DYSPLASIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, APC; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031849760     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199808)185:4<360::AID-PATH120>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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