Genetic counseling in a navajo hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer kindred

Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-35

  Lynch, Henry T ^a   Drouhard, Tom ^b   Vasen, Hans F A ^c   Cavalieri, Jennifer ^a   Lynch, Jane ^a   Nord, Suzanne ^a   Smyrk, Thomas ^e   Lanspa, Stephen ^a   Murphy, Patricia ^d   Whelan, Kathy L ^d   Peters, June ^f   De La Chapelle, Albert ^g  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Tuba City Indian Medical Center   (United States)

^c Netherlands Found Detection H   (Netherlands)

^d Oncor Inc   (United States)

^e Clarkson Hospital   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

cross cultural genetic counseling; hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; MLH1 mutation; Navajo

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARIZONA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DNA; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 13344283433     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960101)77:1<30::AID-CNCR7>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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