Hyperplastic (Serrated) Polyps of the Colorectum: Relationship of CpG Island Methylator Phenotype and K-ras Mutation to Location and Histologic Subtype

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 423-434

  O'Brien, Michael J ^a   Yang, Shi ^a   Clebanoff, Jennifer L ^a   Mulcahy, Elizabeth ^a   Farraye, Francis A ^a   Amorosino, Mark ^a   Swan, Niall ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectum; CpG island methylator; Histologic subtype; Hyperplastic polyp; K ras; Location; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL DISEASE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOGENE K RAS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYPECTOMY; RECTUM POLYP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 1842529801     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200404000-00001     Document Type: Article

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