Diagnosis and management issues in pediatric patients with gastrointestinal polyps

Practical Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 57-72

  Attard, Thomas M ^a,b,c,d   Lynch, Henry T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL POLYP; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PEDIGREE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0038708523     PISSN: 02774208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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