Primary cancer of the small intestine and mutational analysis of the K-ras and p53 genes.

doi:10.1007/s005350050102

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Primary cancer of the small intestine and mutational analysis of the K-ras and p53 genes.

Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jun 1998

Amano M, Imai Y, Hashimoto T, Saito Y, Miyaoka M, Kawaguchi M, Saito T

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A 69-year-old woman was admitted to Hokuso Shiroi Hospital because of recurrent pain in the lower right side of the abdomen. Small-intestinal cancer was strongly suspected after fluoroscopy of the small intestine. Laparotomy showed advanced cancer of the ileum, of complete annular constrictive ty...

Topics

Adenocarcinoma
Aged
Female
Genes, p53
Genes, ras
Humans
Ileal Neoplasms
Mutation
Polymerase Chain Reaction

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