Sebaceous skin lesions as clues to hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2158-2159

  Lynch, Henry T ^a   Fusaro, Ramon M ^a,b,c   Lynch, Patrick M ^d  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUIR TORRE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND TUMOR;

EID: 33748759802     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700534     Document Type: Note

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