Genetics of colorectal cancer

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Hisamuddin, Irfan M ^a   Yang, Vincent W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MSH2;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INCIDENCE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; ONCOGENE; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 25144450836     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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