Prevalence of MYH-associated polyposis related to three recurrent mutations in Morocco

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 360-363

  Laarabi, F Z ^a   Cherkaoui Jaouad, I ^a   Benazzouz, A ^b   Squalli, D ^b   Sefiani, A ^a,c  

^a Département de Génétique Médicale   (Morocco)

^b Génome Biotechnologie   (Morocco)

^c MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; Epidemiology; MYH gene; prevalence

Indexed keywords

DNA GLYCOSYLASE MUTY; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

BLOOD; CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; COLON POLYPOSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOROCCO; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOROCCO; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MOROCCO;

EID: 79953114922     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2010.521520     Document Type: Article

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