Microsatellite instability in Korean patients with gastric adenocarcinoma.

doi:10.3904/kjim.1997.12.2.144

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Microsatellite instability in Korean patients with gastric adenocarcinoma.

The Korean journal of internal medicine - 1 Jun 1997

Jee M S, Koo C, Kim M H, Choi C, Lee K M, Choi S K, Rew J S, Yoon C M

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OBJECTIVES: Microsatellites are short repeated oligonucleotide sequences found throughout the human genome. High mutation rates in microsatellite sequences have been found in tumors from patients with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal carcinoma and some sporadic carcinomas. However, little info...

Topics

Adenocarcinoma
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Male
Microsatellite Repeats
Middle Aged
Mutation
Stomach Neoplasms

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