Clinical definition of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer: A search for the impossible?

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Supplement

Volumn 36, Issue 234, 2001, Pages 61-67

  Berends, M J W ^a   Wu, Y ^a   Sijmons, R H ^a   Hofstra, R M W ^a   Van Der Zee, A G J ^a   Buys, C H C M ^a   Kleibeuker, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Hereditary non polyposis colorectal cancer; Microsatellite instability; MSH6

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA REPAIR; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034746963     PISSN: 00855928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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