APC I1307K increases risk of transition from polyp to colorectal carcinoma in Ashkenazi Jews

Gastroenterology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 392-400

  Stern, Hartley S ^a,b   Viertelhausen, Sheila ^b   Hunter, Alasdair G W ^c   O’rourke, Keith ^a   Cappelli, Mario ^c   Perras, Helene ^c   Serfas, Kim ^c   Blumenthall, Andrea ^c   Dewar, Danielle ^a   Baumann, Ewa ^a   Lagarde, Alain E ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035127921     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/gast.2001.21170     Document Type: Article

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