Microsatellite instability and loss of heterozygosity in human pterygia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 493-496

  Spandidos, D A ^a,b   Sourvinos, G ^a   Kiaris, H ^a   Tsamparlakis, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 0030790026     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.6.493     Document Type: Article

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