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Undectable expression of hMLH1 protein in sporadic colorectal cancer with replication error phenotype.
Diseases of the colon and rectum - 1 Oct 1997
Koike J, Yamada K, Takano S, Kikuchi Y, Hemmi H, Koi M, Tsujita K, Yanagita K, Yoshio T, Shimatake H
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PURPOSE: Four DNA mismatch repair genes have been identified as being susceptible genes for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. Deficiency of one of the mismatch repair genes causes the replication error phenotype in more than 80 percent of patients with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer and in 10 to 30 percent of patients with sporadic colorectal cancer. To determine which mismatch repair gene is...
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