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Sporadic Versus Hereditary forms of Colorectal Cancer with the DNA Microsatellite Instability Phenotype: to ‘lump’ or ‘Split’?

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Jass, J.R. Sporadic Versus Hereditary forms of Colorectal Cancer with the DNA Microsatellite Instability Phenotype: to ‘lump’ or ‘Split’?. Familial Cancer 3, 83 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:FAME.0000039914.01969.df

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