First report of a de novo germline mutation in the MLH1 gene

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 809-811

  Stulp, Rein P ^a   Vos, Yvonne J ^a   Mol, Bart ^a   Karrenbeld, Arend ^a   de Raad, Monique ^a   van der Mijle, Huub J C ^b   Sijmons, Rolf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NIJ SMELLINGHE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

De novo; Germline mutation; HNPCC; MLH1

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MSH2; PROTEIN MSH6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR;

EID: 33644904579     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i5.809     Document Type: Article

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