Clinicopathologic significance of DNA mismatch repair defects in endometrial cancer: The devil is in the details

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-152

  Goodfellow, Paul J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTEIN MSH2;

DNA SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDEL MUTATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY;

EID: 63749130852     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.03.013     Document Type: Editorial

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