Causes of microsatellite instability in colorectal tumors: Implications for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer screening

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 85-96

  Potočnik, Uroš ^a   Glavač, Damjan ^a   Golouh, Rastko ^c   Ravnik Glavač, Metka ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOMATIC MUTATION;

EID: 17144441735     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(00)00399-X     Document Type: Article

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