Clinical Manifestations of Genetic Instability Overlap One Another

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-16

  Méhes, Károly ^a,b   Kosztolányi, György ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cancer prone diseases; Genetic instability; Mild errors of morphogenesis; Predisposition to cancer; Premature centromere division

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL DIVISION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC STABILITY; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKEMIA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SOLID TUMOR; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 1942536185     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02893402     Document Type: Short Survey

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