Allelic imbalance at the LKB1 (STK11) locus in tumours from patients with Peutz-Jeghers' syndrome provides evidence for a hamartoma-(adenoma)- carcinoma sequence

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-13

  Wang, Zhen Jun ^a   Ellis, Ian ^b   Zauber, Peter ^c   Iwama, Takeo ^d   Marchese, Cristiana ^e   Talbot, Ian ^f   Xue, Wen Huai ^c   Yan, Zhong Yue ^c   Tomlinson, Ian ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Ctr Polyposis and Intestinal Dis ^*

^d Ctr Polyposis and Intestinal Dis   (Japan)

^e MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allelic imbalance; Hamartoma; LKB1 STK11; Peutz Jeghers' syndrome

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADENOMA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HAMARTOMA; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CARCINOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 0032893658     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199905)188:1<9::AID-PATH326>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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