Hyperplastic polyposis syndrome identified with a BRAF mutation

Gut and Liver

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 280-283

  Ahn, Hyung Su ^a   Hong, Su Jin ^a   Kim, Hee Kyung ^a   Yoo, Hee Yong ^a   Kim, Hwa Jong ^a   Ko, Bong Min ^a   Lee, Moon Sung ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BRAF; Hyperplastic polyposis syndrome

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONCOGENE K RAS; STOMACH POLYPOSIS;

EID: 84860334041     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2012.6.2.280     Document Type: Article

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