A case of Cowden's syndrome presenting with gastric carcinomas and gastrointestinal polyposis

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 184-189

  Al Thihli, Khalid ^a   Palma, Laura ^a   Marcus, Victoria ^a   Cesari, Matthew ^a   Kushner, Yael B ^a   Barkun, Allan ^a   Foulkes, William D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; GLYCINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; THREONINE;

ACANTHOSIS; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER GENETICS; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COWDEN SYNDROME; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FIBROMA; GANGLIONEUROMA; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOMA; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; OMENTOPLASTY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HAMARTOMA SYNDROME, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYPS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 62549100840     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: 17434386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep1359     Document Type: Article

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