Prevalence of adenomas among young individuals at average risk for colorectal cancer

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-143

  De Jong, Andrea E ^b   Morreau, Hans ^b   Nagengast, Fokko M ^b   Mathus Vliegen, Elisabeth M H ^b   Kleibeuker, Jan H ^b   Griffioen, Gerrit ^b   Cats, Annemieke ^b   Vasen, Hans F A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COLORECTAL TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 13744253566     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41000.x     Document Type: Article

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