Upper and lower gastrointestinal findings in PTEN mutation-positive Cowden syndrome patients participating in an active surveillance program

Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Levi, Zohar ^a   Baris, Hagit N ^a   Kedar, Inbal ^a   Niv, Yaron ^a   Geller, Alex ^a   Gal, Eyal ^a   Gingold, Rachel ^a   Morgenstern, Sara ^a   Baruch, Yacov ^b   Leach, Brandie Heald ^c,d   Bronner, Mary P ^d,e   Eng, Charis ^c,d,f  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Gastroenterology Department   (Israel)

^c Genomic Medicine Institute   (United States)

^d Digestive Disease Institute   (United States)

^e Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute   (United States)

^f TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COWDEN SYNDROME; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DUODENUM POLYP; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HAMARTOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE POLYP; MALE; NARROW BAND IMAGING; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTEN GENE; RECTUM CANCER; STOMACH POLYP; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 84861880056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2155384X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ctg.2011.4     Document Type: Article

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