Polymerase proofreading-associated polyposis: A new, dominantly inherited syndrome of hereditary colorectal cancer predisposition

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 396-397

  Church, James M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hereditary colorectal cancer; Oligopolyposis; POLD1; POLE

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; EXONUCLEASE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; POLD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; POLE PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA REPLICATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAMILIAL COLON POLYPOSIS; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME; GERM LINE; HEREDITARY COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PHENOTYPE; POLD1 GENE; POLE GENE; POLYMERASE PROOFREADING ASSOCIATED POLYPOSIS; SOMATIC MUTATION; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTATION; SYNDROME;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; DNA POLYMERASE II; DNA POLYMERASE III; DNA REPLICATION; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 84897570365     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000084     Document Type: Article

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