Different expressivity of two adjacent mutations of the APC gene

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Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-31

  Presciuttini, Silvano ^a,d   Gismondi, Viviana ^b   Scarcello, Edoardo ^c   Sala, Paola ^a   D'Elia, Francesco ^c   Rossetti, Carlo ^a   Caroti Ghelli, Cristina ^c   Molina, Francesco ^b   Groden, Joanna ^d   Mosca, Franco ^c   Bertario, Lucio ^a   Varesco, Liliana ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

APC mutations; FAP; Genotype phenotype

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYPECTOMY;

EID: 0033012972     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169908500106     Document Type: Article

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