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Association of familial colorectal cancer with variants in the E-cadherin (CDH1) and cyclin D1 (CCND1) genes.
International journal of colorectal disease - 1 Feb 2008
Grünhage Frank, Jungck Matthias, Lamberti Christoph, Berg Christine, Becker Ursula, Schulte-Witte Hildegard, Plassmann Dominik, Rahner Nils, Aretz Stefan, Friedrichs Nicolaus, Buettner Reinhard, Sauerbruch Tilman, Lammert Frank
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INTRODUCTION: About 20% of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients show some kind of familiarity, which might be caused by yet unknown combinations of low penetrance susceptibility genes. We aimed to identify genetic factors for familial CRC (fCRC) in a unique study design that includes phenotypic extremes as represented by fCRC cases and 'hyper-normal' controls without CRC history and no adenomatous polyps on...
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