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Villous, hypermucinous mucosa in long standing ulcerative colitis shows high frequency of K-ras mutations.
Gut - 1 Nov 1999
Andersen S N, Lovig T, Clausen O P, Bakka A, Fausa O, Rognum T O
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: K-ras mutation is one of the first genetic alterations in classical colorectal carcinogenesis. AIMS: To investigate the role of K-ras mutations in carcinogenesis, in long standing ulcerative colitis. METHODS: A total of 161 microdissected and 100 DNA samples from 13 patients were analysed for K-ras codons 12 and 13 mutations by means of a combination of enriched polymerase chain reaction amplification...
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