Immunohistochemical detection of mismatch repair gene proteins as a useful tool for the identification of colorectal carcinoma with the mutator phenotype

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 355-360

  Chaves, P ^a   Cruz, C ^a   Lage, P ^a   Claro, I ^a   Cravo, M ^a   Leitao C N ^a   Soares, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; MLH; MSH2; MSI

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0033846517     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9896(2000)9999:9999<::AID-PATH644>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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