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K-ras mutations in the bile of patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.
Gut - 1 Mar 2001
Kubicka S, Kühnel F, Flemming P, Hain B, Kezmic N, Rudolph K L, Manns M, Meier P N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The development of cholangiocarcinoma (CCC) is a complication of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). To date, no reliable factors have been described which can define those PSC patients at high risk for the development of CCC and the clinical diagnosis of CCC in PSC patients is difficult. Therefore, molecular markers of cholangiocarcinogenesis, such as K-ras mutations, may improve the early...
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