Microsomal epoxide hydrolase polymorphism as a risk factor for ovarian cancer

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 160-162

  Lancaster, Johnathan M ^a   Brownlee, Heather A ^a   Bell, Douglas A ^a   Futreal, P Andrew ^b   Marks, Jeffrey R ^b   Berchuck, Andrew ^b   Wiseman, Roger W ^a   Taylor, Jack A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Epoxide hydrolase; Expression; Metabolism; Ovarian cancer; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE HYDROLASE;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MICROSOME; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPOXIDE HYDROLASES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029961198     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2744(199611)17:3<160::AID-MC8>3.3.CO;2-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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