Initial results of colorectal polyposis research in Latvia

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 711-715

  Borošenko, Viktors ^a,b   Irmejs, Arvids ^a   Melbarde Gorkuša, Inga ^a   Gardovskis, Andris ^a   Pavars, Maris ^a   Vanags, Andrejs ^a   Trofimovičs, Genadijs ^a   Miklaševičs, Edvins ^a   Gardovskis, Janis ^a  

^a RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^b NONE   (Latvia)

Author keywords

APC gene; Colorectal cancer; Familial adenomatous polyposis; Hereditary cancer

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; SERINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APC GENE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS; FINLAND; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELATIVE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; LATVIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE;

EID: 61449218130     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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