Testing tumors for microsatellite instability

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 407-408

  De La Chapelle, Albert ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Medical Research Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colorectal; Hereditary; Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC); Instability; Microsatellite; Microsatellite instability (MSI); Replication error (RER); Stability

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; TUMOR MARKER;

ALLELE; CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNIQUE;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 0033017358     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200335     Document Type: Short Survey

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