Report of a family segregating mutations in both the APC and MSH2 genes: Juvenile onset of colorectal cancer in a double heterozygote

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1131-1135

  Uhrhammer, N ^a   Bignon, Y J ^a  

^a CENTRE JEAN PERRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Double heterozygote; FAP; HNPCC; Juvenile onset colorectal cancer

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; PROTEIN MSH2;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; OVARY CANCER; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALLELES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENES, APC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049105643     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-008-0526-9     Document Type: Article

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