Mutations of β-catenin and kras in colorectal carcinomas

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 616-617

  Abdel Rahman, Wael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; K RAS PROTEIN;

CARCINOGENESIS; CODON; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BETA CATENIN; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, RAS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MUTATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33645859023     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-3179-y     Document Type: Letter

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