Investigation of the Birt-Hogg-Dubé tumour suppressor gene (FLCN) in familial and sporadic colorectal cancer

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 385-390

  Nahorski, Michael S ^a   Lim, Derek H K ^a,b   Martin, Lynn ^a   Gille, Johan J P ^c   McKay, Kirsten ^b   Rehal, Pauline K ^b   Ploeger, H Martijn ^c   Van Steensel, Maurice ^d   Tomlinson, Ian P ^e   Latif, Farida ^a   Menko, Fred H ^c   Maher, Eamonn R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRT HOGG DUBE GENE; BIRT HOGG DUBE SYNDROME; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; EXON; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILIAL COLON POLYPOSIS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GERM LINE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDEL MUTATION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CYSTS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SKIN DISEASES; SYNDROME; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 77953715995     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: 14686244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2009.073304     Document Type: Article

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