Exon 3 β-catenin mutations are specifically associated with colorectal carcinomas in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome

Gut

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 264-267

  Johnson, V ^a   Volikos, E ^a   Halford, S E ^b   Sadat, E T Eftekhar ^a   Popat, S ^c   Talbot, I ^a   Truninger, K ^d   Martin, J ^a   Jass, J ^e   Houlston, R ^c   Atkin, W ^a   Tomlinson, I P M ^a,b   Silver, A R J ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d Catonal Hospital Aarau   (Switzerland)

^e Duff Medical Building ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA CATENIN GENE; CANCER STAGING; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; BETA CATENIN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 19944432960     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.048132     Document Type: Article

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