Germline fumarate hydratase mutations in patients with ovarian mucinous cystadenoma

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 880-883

  Ylisaukko oja, Sanna K ^a   Cybulski, Cezary ^b   Lehtonen, Rainer ^a   Kiuru, Maija ^a   Matyjasik, Joanna ^b   Szymañska, Anna ^b   Szymañska Pasternak, Jolanta ^b   Dyrskjot, Lars ^c   Butzow, Ralf ^a   Orntoft, Torben F ^c   Launonen, Virpi ^a   Lubiñski, Jan ^b   Aaltonen, Lauri A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fumarate hydratase; HLRCC; Ovarian tumors

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; THREONINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOMA; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GERM LINE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR; SOMATIC MUTATION;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; CYSTADENOMA, MUCINOUS; FEMALE; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; GENES, DOMINANT; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745232053     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201630     Document Type: Article

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