Genetics of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 381-389

  Akrami, Seyed Mohammad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genetics; Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; MLH1; MSH2

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MSH2;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER GENETICS; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; EXON; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MISMATCH REPAIR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA REPAIR; EXONS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EID: 33751331025     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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