Clinical findings with implications for genetic testing in families with clustering of colorectal cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 511-518

  Wijnen, Juul T ^a   Vasen, Hans F A ^a,b   Khan, P Meera ^a   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^a   Van Der Klift, Heleen ^a   Mulder, Adri ^a   Tops, Carli ^a   Møller, Pål ^c   Fodde, Riccardo ^a   Menko, Fred ^d   Taal, Babs ^e   Nagengast, Fokko ^f   Brunner, Han ^f   Kleibeuker, Jan ^g   Sijmons, Rolf ^g   Griffioen, Gerrit ^a   Bröcker Vriends, Annette ^a   Bakker, Egbert ^a   Van Leeuwen Cornelisse, Inge ^a   Meijers Heijboer, Anne ^h   Lindhout, Dick ^h   Breuning, Martijn ^h   Post, Jan ⁱ   Schaap, Cees ^j   Apold, Jaran ^k   Heimdal, Ketil ^c   Bertario, Lucio ^l   Bisgaard, Marie Luise ^m   Goetz, Petr ⁿ   more..

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Found Detection of Hered Tumors   (Netherlands)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Clinical Genetics Center Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^j MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^k HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^l NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^m HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁿ CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 0032552239     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199808203390804     Document Type: Article

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