'Secrets and lies' - The difficulties of communicating within families with inherited cancer syndromes [1]

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 476-477

  Bianchi, F ^a   Rosati, S ^a   Belvederesi, L ^a   Loretelli, C ^a   Ferretti, B ^a   Bearzi, I ^a   Piga, A ^a   Cellerino, R ^a   Porfiri, Emilio ^a  

^a Department of Oncologia Medica ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MLH1;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME;

EID: 7244231321     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2004.00342.x     Document Type: Letter

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