Smoking and DNA mismatch repair polymorphisms in colorectal polyps and cancer [16]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 211-

  Gupta, Chakshu ^a   Pabla, Maninder ^a   Malani, Ashok K ^a  

^a Heartland Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MSH6;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RESISTANCE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL POLYP; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTESTINE POLYP; LETTER; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTATION RATE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLONIC POLYPS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 33846056994     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.00916.x     Document Type: Letter

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