Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis: Results from an international collaborative study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Knudsen, A L ^a   Bulow S ^a   Tomlinson, I ^b   Moslein G ^c   Heinimann, K ^d   Christensen, I J ^a,e  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c St Josef Hospital   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e FINSEN LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AFAP; Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis; FAP; Hereditary colorectal cancer

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATED FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ILEORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM RESECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COLECTOMY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, APC; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; REGISTRIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956865714     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02218.x     Document Type: Article

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