Colorectal cancer and the Muir-Torre syndrome in a Gypsy family: A review

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 575-580

  Lynch, Henry T ^a   Leibowitz, Robert ^b   Smyrk, Thomas ^b   Fusaro, Ramon M ^b   Lynch, Jane F ^b   Smith, Anne ^b   Franklin, Barbara ^b   Stella, Alessandro ^b   Liu, Bo ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GIPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MUIR TORRE SYNDROME; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; GYPSIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; PEDIGREE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033012678     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(98)00799-0     Document Type: Review

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