Editorial: Sessile serrated adenomas and their pit patterns: We must first see the forest through the trees

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 470-472

  Burke, Carol A ^a   Snover, Dale C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; K RAS PROTEIN; PROTEIN MLH1;

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CHROMOENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CPG ISLAND; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SESSILE SERRATED ADENOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 84857836946     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.468     Document Type: Article

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