Germline susceptibility to colorectal cancer due to base-excision repair gene defects

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 112-119

  Farrington, Susan M ^a,c,d   Tenesa, Albert ^a,c   Barnetson, Rebecca ^a,c   Wiltshire, Alice ^a,c   Prendergast, James ^a,c   Porteous, Mary ^a,b   Campbell, Harry ^a,b   Dunlop, Malcolm G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA GLYCOSYLASE MUTY;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION REPAIR; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GERM LINE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENETRANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

EID: 20544452084     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431213     Document Type: Article

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