Abnormal oral mucosal light reflectance: A new clinical marker of high risk for colorectal cancer

Gut

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1436-1439

  De Felice, Claudio ^a   Gentile, M ^b   Barducci, A ^c,d   Bellosi, A ^e   Parrini, S ^c   Chitano, G ^f,g   Latini, G ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b DI VENERE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^e Orintex Srl   (Italy)

^f Euro Mediterranean Scientific Biomedical Institute ISBEM   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^h PERRINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 33749178048     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2005.083618     Document Type: Article

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