Incidence of microsatellite instability in endometrial cancer patients in the Singaporean population.

Introduction: HNPCC is a familial tumour which is autosomal dominantly inherited. It is caused by mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes and this increases the probability of endometrial cancer associated with HNPCC. MSI occurs when DNA mismatch repair proteins are defective and this causes alterati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lau, Sein Yan.
Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52917