Frequency and clinicopathology associations of K-ras mutations in colorectal cancer in a northeast Mexican population

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 225-229

  Martínez Garza, Sandra Gpe ^a   Núñez Salazar, Alfonso de J ^a   Calderon Garcidueñas, Ana Laura ^a   Bosques Padilla, Francisco J ^b   Niderhauser García, Alberto ^a   Barrera Saldańa, Hugo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Colorectal neoplasms; K ras; Mexico; Restriction fragment length polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CODON; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; ONCOGENE K RAS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

EID: 17944391595     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016940     Document Type: Article

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