Do MSH6 mutations contribute to double primary cancers of the colorectum and endometrium?

Human Genetics

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 623-629

  Charames, G S ^a   Millar, A L ^a   Pal, T ^a   Narod, S ^a   Bapat, B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DNA REPAIR; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIPLE CANCER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0034541557     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390000417     Document Type: Article

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