Early onset of colorectal cancer in a 13-year-old girl with Lynch syndrome
Lynch syndrome is the most common inherited colon cancer syndrome. Patients with Lynch syndrome develop a range of cancers including colorectal cancer (CRC) and carry a mutation on one of the mismatched repair (MMR) genes. Although CRC usually occurs after the fourth decade in patients with Lynch sy...
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Language: | English |
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Korean Pediatric Society
2016-01-01
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Series: | Korean Journal of Pediatrics |
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Online Access: | http://kjp.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjped-59-40.pdf |