Serrated and non-serrated polyps of the colorectum: Their prevalence in an unselected case series and correlation of BRAF mutation analysis with the diagnosis of sessile serrated adenoma

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 516-518

  Carr, Norman J ^a   Mahajan, H ^b   Tan, K L ^c   Hawkins, N J ^d   Ward, R L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Southern Pathology   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAF GENE; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP;

ADENOMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF;

EID: 67649218265     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2008.061960     Document Type: Article

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