Defective hMSH2/hMLH1 protein expression is seen infrequently in ulcerative colitis associated colorectal cancers

Gut

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 367-369

  Cawkwell, L ^a   Sutherland, F ^a   Murgatroyd, H ^a   Jarvis, P ^a   Gray, S ^b   Cross, D ^b   Shepherd, N ^c   Day, D ^d   Quirke, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Inflammatory bowel disease; Microsatellite instability; Mismatch repair; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 0034122405     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.46.3.367     Document Type: Article

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