Glutathione S-transferase Mu polymorphism and susceptibility to lung cancer in the portuguese population

Teratogenesis Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis

Volumn 16, Issue 5 PART 2, 1996, Pages 269-274

  Moreira, António ^a   Martins, Gisela ^a   Monteiro, M João ^a   Alves, Margarida ^a,b   Dias, Joana ^a   Duro Da Costa, J ^b   Melo, M José ^c   Matias, Dina ^b   Costa, Agostinho ^b   Cristóvão, Margarida ^c   Rueff, José ^a   Monteiro, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL PULIDO VALENTE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cancer epidemiology; Cancer susceptibility; Glutathione S transferase; GSTM1 polymorphism; Lung cancer; Null allele; Portuguese population

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORTUGAL;

EID: 0030391670     PISSN: 02703211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6866(1996)16:5<269::aid-tcm3>3.3.co;2-u     Document Type: Article

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