Methylation analysis of MLH1 improves the selection of patients for genetic testing in Lynch syndrome

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 498-504

  Pérez Carbonell, Lucía ^a   Alenda, Cristina ^a   Payá, Artemio ^a   Castillejo, Adela ^b   Barberá, Víctor M ^b   Guillén, Carmen ^b   Rojas, Estefanía ^a   Acame, Nuria ^a   Gutiérrez Aviñõ, Francisco J ^a   Castells, Antoni ^c   Llor, Xavier ^d   Andreu, Montserrat ^e   Soto, Josẽ Luis ^b   Jover, Rodrigo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; PROTEIN MLH1; MLH1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHYLATION; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; MUTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFORMANCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; AGED; DNA METHYLATION; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; GERMLINE MUTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 77954367535     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2010.090212     Document Type: Article

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