Serrated Neoplasia of the Colorectum and Cigarette Smoking

Gastroenterology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 323-324

  Young, Joanne ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE;

CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 46049096334     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.03.080     Document Type: Letter

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