Advanced Colorectal Adenomas in Patients Under 45 Years of Age Are Mostly Sporadic

Background The presence of advanced adenomas in younger individuals is a criterion for Lynch syndrome (LS). However, the utility of screening advanced adenomas for loss of mismatch repair (MMR) protein expression to identify suspected LS remains unclear. Aims Determine the prevalence of MMR defects...

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Main Author: Azar, Riad R. (author)
Other Authors: Kushnir, Vladimir M. (author), Nalbantoglu, ILKe (author), Watson, Rao (author), Goodwin, Johnathan (author), Safar, Elyas (author), Chokshi, Reena V. (author), Davidson, Nicholas O. (author)
Format: article
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10620-014-3245-9
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10620-014-3245-9
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