Incidence and predictive value of congenital hypertrophy of retinal pigment epithelium in Chinese familial adenomatous polyposis patients

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 278-281

  Lam, Dennis S C ^a   Kwok, Samuel P Y ^a   Kwok, Alvin K H ^a   Liew, C T ^a   Lau, Joseph W Y ^a   Pang, Calvin C P ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CHROMOSOME 5; COLON POLYPOSIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHINA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENES, APC; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUTATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE;

EID: 0032009572     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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