MYH-Associated Disease: Attenuated Adenomatous Polyposis of the Colon Is Only Part of the Story

Gastroenterology

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1883-1886

  Terdiman, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA GLYCOSYLASE MUTY;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; CANCER RISK; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 70649098309     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.10.017     Document Type: Editorial

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