Amsterdam criteria II and endometrial cancer index cases for an accurate selection of HNPCC families

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Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-20

  Fornasarig, Mara ^a   Viel, Alessandra ^a   Bidoli, Ettore ^a   Campagnutta, Elio ^a   Minisini, Alessandro Marco ^a   Cannizzaro, Renato ^a   Puppa, Lara Della ^a   Boiocchi, Mauro ^a  

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Author keywords

Amsterdam criteria; Endometrial carcinoma; HNPCC; Mismatch repair genes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMSTERDAM CRITERIA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; HUMAN; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTATION RATE; PEDIGREE; POPULATION RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIGREE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 0036208057     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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