Colorectal polyposes: From phenotype to diagnosis

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 204, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 431-447

  Jass, Jeremy R ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon; Familial; Genotype; Phenotype; Polyposis

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; B RAF KINASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 1A; DNA GLYCOSYLASE MUTY; K RAS PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE LKB1; SMAD4 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COWDEN SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA METHYLATION; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GERM LINE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONCOGENE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; TUMOR VOLUME;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GENES, NEOPLASM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 46749097116     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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