Aberrant crypt foci in colon cancer epidemiology

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 472, Issue , 2009, Pages 373-386

  Khare, Sharad ^a   Chaudhary, Kamran ^b   Bissonnette, Marc ^c   Carroll, Robert ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrant crypt foci; Colon cancer

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; COLON TUMOR; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA;

EID: 58149478511     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-492-0_17     Document Type: Review

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