Estrogen content and DNA unwinding in tumor and normal endometrial tissue of aging endometrial cancer patients

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 356, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-208

  Berstein, L M ^a   Bakhidze, E V ^a   Evtushenko, T P ^a   Gamajunova, V B ^a   Krjukova, O G ^a   Kovalenko, I G ^a   Tsyrlina, E V ^a   Bokhman, Ja V ^a  

^a N N PETROV RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aging; DNA damage; Endometrial cancer; Estrogen; Hormonal carcinogenesis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DENATURATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HORMONAL CARCINOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0008811910     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(96)00055-3     Document Type: Article

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