Prevalence of the I1307K APC gene variant in Israeli Jews of differing ethnic origin and risk for colorectal cancer

Gastroenterology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-57

  Rozen, P ^a   Shomrat, R ^a   Strul, H ^a   Naiman, T ^a   Karminsky, N ^a   Legum, C ^a   Orr Urtreger, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER;

EID: 0032946973     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(99)70228-3     Document Type: Article

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