Correlation between the development of extracolonic manifestations in FAP patients and mutations beyond codon 1403 in the APC gene

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 274-280

  Dobbie, Zuzana ^a   Spycher, Martina ^a   Mary, Jean Luc ^a   Häner, Michéle ^a   Guldenschuh, Irene ^b   Hürliman, Reiner ^b   Amman, Rudolf ^b   Roth, Jürgen ^b   Müller, Hansjakob ^a   Scott, Rodney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mutation; Polyposis coli; Protein truncation test

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILIAL COLON POLYPOSIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SYMPTOM;

EID: 19144362716     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.33.4.274     Document Type: Article

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