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[Need of new clinical criteria for the identification of genetic Lynch syndrome].
Acta medica portuguesa - 1 Jan 2000
Sousa Rita, Lage Pedro, Ferreira Sara, Claro Isabel, Francisco Inês, Filipe Bruno, Albuquerque Cristina, Suspiro Alexandra, Rodrigues Paula, Nobre-Leitão Carlos
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BACKGROUND: Surveillance programs in families with Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC), which is an autossomal dominant disease, decrease colorectal carcinoma mortality. There are multiple clinical criteria for the identification of these families, mainly: the Amsterdam Criteria (ACI), the modified Amsterdam Criteria (ACII) and the Bethesda Guidelines (BG). AIMS: To correlate, in families with...
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