Spectrum of Genetic Alterations in Muir-Torre Syndrome is the Same as in HNPCC [2]

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 125 A, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 318-319

  Barana, Daniela ^b,d   Cetto, Gian Luigi ^b   Oliani, Cristina ^b   Der Klift, Heleen Van ^c   Wijnen, Juul ^c   Fodde, Riccardo ^a,c   Dalla Longa, Elena ^d   Radice, Paolo ^d,e  

^a JOSEPHINE NEFKENS INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; BILE DUCT CANCER; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; MSH2 GENE; MUIR TORRE SYNDROME; OVARY CANCER; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 1542348935     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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