Germline APC mutation and familial Barrett esophagus: Causal or coincidence?

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 342-344

  Fang, John ^a,b   Jasperson, Kory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79957941522     PISSN: 15547914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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