Serrated polyposis is an underdiagnosed and unclear syndrome: The surgical pathologist has a role in improving detection

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1178-1185

  Crowder, Clinton D ^a   Sweet, Kevin ^a   Lehman, Amy ^b   Frankel, Wendy L ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer syndrome; hereditary colon cancer; hyperplastic polyposis; serrated polyposis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863815455     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3182597f41     Document Type: Article

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