Familial endometrial adenocarcinoma

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 167-171

  Sandles, Lisa G ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; UTERUS CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0031893552     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199803000-00023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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