Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer in a Navajo Indian family.

Autor: Lynch HT, Drouhard TJ, Schuelke GS, Biscone KA, Lynch JF, Danes BS
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Cancer genetics and cytogenetics [Cancer Genet Cytogenet] 1985 Feb 15; Vol. 15 (3-4), pp. 209-13.
DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(85)90164-5
Abstrakt: The purpose of this report is to describe a unique Navajo Indian kindred that manifests a tumor pattern consonant with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). So far as we can determine this is the first report of HNPCC among American Indians.
Databáze: MEDLINE