Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 751-755 , August 2005

Lynch Syndrome: Form, Function, Proteins, and Basketball

  • C. Richard Boland

      Affiliations

    • GI Cancer Research LabBaylor University Medical CenterDallas, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: C. Richard Boland, MD, GI Cancer Research Lab (H-250), Baylor University Medical Center, 3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75246. fax: (214) 818-9292.
    • ,
  • Richard Fishel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Human GeneticsThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, Ohio

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 Supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grants CA72851 (to C.R.B.) and CA67007 (to R.F.).

PII: S0016-5085(05)01194-7

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.05.067

Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 751-755 , August 2005

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