Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer HNPCC, Lynch syndrome) is a genetic disease of autosomal dominant inheritance. It is caused by a ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutJournalListDtschArzteblIntv.110(3);2013JanPMC3566622DtschArzteblInt.2013Jan;110(3):32–38.Publishedonline2013Jan18.doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2013.0032PMCID:PMC3566622PMID:23413378ReviewArticleHereditaryNonpolyposisColorectalCancer(HNPCC)/LynchSyndromeVerenaSteinke,Dr.med.,*,1ChristophEngel,Dr.med.,2ReinhardBüttner,Prof.Dr.med.,3HansKonradSchackert,Prof.Dr.med.,4WolffHSchmiegel,Prof.Dr.med.,5andPeterPropping,Prof.Dr.med.1VerenaSteinke1InstituteofHumanGenetics,UniversityofBonnFindarticlesbyVerenaSteinkeChristophEngel2InstituteforMedicalInformatics,StatisticsandEpidemiology(IMISE),LeipzigUniversityFindarticlesbyChristophEngelReinhardBüttner3DepartmentofPathology,UniversityofCologneFindarticlesbyReinhardBüttnerHansKonradSchackert4DepartmentforSurgicalResearch,UniversityHospitalCarlGustavCarus,DresdenFindarticlesbyHansKonradSchackertWolffHSchmiegel5UniversityHosptialoftheRuhrUniversityBochum,KnappschaftHospitalFindarticlesbyWolffHSchmiegelPeterPropping1InstituteofHumanGenetics,UniversityofBonnFindarticlesbyPeterProppingAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1InstituteofHumanGenetics,UniversityofBonn2InstituteforMedicalInformatics,StatisticsandEpidemiology(IMISE),LeipzigUniversity3DepartmentofPathology,UniversityofCologne4DepartmentforSurgicalResearch,UniversityHospitalCarlGustavCarus,Dresden5UniversityHosptialoftheRuhrUniversityBochum,KnappschaftHospital*InstituteforHumanGenetics,BiomedicalCenter,BonnUniversityHospital,Sigmund-Freud-Str.25,53127Bonn,Germany,[email protected];Accepted2012Oct12.CopyrightnoticeSeeletter"Correspondence(lettertotheeditor):LawonGeneticDiagnosticTestingNeedstoBeBorneinMind"involume110on page 364.Seeletter"Correspondence(reply):InReply"involume110on page 364.Thisarticl