Genetic evidence that juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is an integral FAP tumour [2]

Gut

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1046-1047

  Valanzano, R ^a   Curia, M C ^b   Aceto, G ^b   Veschi, S ^b   De Lellis, L ^b   Catalano, T ^b,c   La Rocca, G ^d   Battista, P ^b   Cama, A ^b   Tonelli, F ^a   Mariani Costantini, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS; FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE NASOPHARYNGEAL ANGIOFIBROMA; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; LETTER; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STOP CODON;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADULT; ANGIOFIBROMA; BETA CATENIN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 21044438758     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2005.065508     Document Type: Letter

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