Serrated polyps of the large intestine: A practical approach

Pathology Case Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 129-135

  Al Daraji, Wael I ^a   Montgomery, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperplastic polyp; Hyperplastic polyposis; Serrated polyp; Sessile serrated adenomas

Indexed keywords

K RAS PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN P53;

CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 1P; COLON POLYP; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CPG ISLAND; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA DAMAGE; GENE MUTATION; GOBLET CELL; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE INTESTINE; METHYLATION; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SIGMOID; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

EID: 34548437032     PISSN: 10829784     EISSN: 15334015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCR.0b013e31812566c4     Document Type: Review

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