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Review
. 2013 Jun;12(2):313-7.
doi: 10.1007/s10689-013-9611-5.

How do we approach the goal of identifying everybody with Lynch syndrome?

Heather Hampel  1 , Albert de la Chapelle
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Review

How do we approach the goal of identifying everybody with Lynch syndrome?

Heather Hampel et al. Fam Cancer. 2013 Jun.
No abstract available

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