Rapidly progressive adenomatous polyposis in a patient with germline mutations in both the APC and MLH1 genes: The worst of two worlds

Gut

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 898-899

  Scheenstra, R ^a   Rijcken, F E M ^a   Koornstra, J J ^a   Hollema, H ^a   Fodde, R ^b   Menko, F H ^c   Sijmons, R H ^a   Bijleveld, C M A ^a   Kleibeuker, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ADENOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; APC GENE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPLASIA; GENE; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MISMATCH REPAIR; MLH1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENES, APC; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EID: 0037508831     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.52.6.898     Document Type: Article

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