Complex genetic predisposition to cancer in an extended HNPCC family with an ancestral hMLH1 mutation

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 636-640

  Hutter, P ^a   Couturier, A ^a   Scott, R J ^b   Alday, P ^d   Delozier Blanchet, C ^c   Cachat, F ^a   Antonarakis, S E ^c   Joris, F ^a   Gaudin, M ^a   D'Amato, L ^c   Buerstedde, J M ^d  

^a Institut Central des Hopitaux Valaisans   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^d BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

hMLH1 mutation; HNPCC; Lynch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM TUMOR; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOUTH TUMOR; NONSENSE MUTATION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR;

EID: 19244362382     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.33.8.636     Document Type: Article

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