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Detection of five novel germline mutations of the APC gene in Irish familial adenomatous polyposis families
Maureen J. O'Sullivan,
Tanya M. Mulcahy,
J. Cambell,
Christoir B. O'Suilleabhain,
William O. Kirwan,
Cuimin T. Doyle,
Tommie V. McCarthy,
Maureen J. O'Sullivan
Department of Pathology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorTanya M. Mulcahy
Department of Biochemistry, University College, Cork, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorJ. Cambell
Department of Surgery, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorChristoir B. O'Suilleabhain
Department of Surgery, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorWilliam O. Kirwan
Department of Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorCuimin T. Doyle
Department of Pathology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Tommie V. McCarthy
Department of Biochemistry, University College, Cork, Ireland
Department of Biochemistry, University College, Cork, IrelandSearch for more papers by this authorMaureen J. O'Sullivan,
Tanya M. Mulcahy,
J. Cambell,
Christoir B. O'Suilleabhain,
William O. Kirwan,
Cuimin T. Doyle,
Tommie V. McCarthy,
Maureen J. O'Sullivan
Department of Pathology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorTanya M. Mulcahy
Department of Biochemistry, University College, Cork, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorJ. Cambell
Department of Surgery, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorChristoir B. O'Suilleabhain
Department of Surgery, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorWilliam O. Kirwan
Department of Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorCuimin T. Doyle
Department of Pathology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Tommie V. McCarthy
Department of Biochemistry, University College, Cork, Ireland
Department of Biochemistry, University College, Cork, IrelandSearch for more papers by this author
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