Renal cell carcinomas in trichloroethene (TRI) exposed persons are associated with somatic mutations in the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumour suppressor gene

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 332-335

  Brüning, Thomas ^a   Weirich, Gregor ^b   Hornauer, Maria Anna ^b   Höfler, Heinz ^b   Brauch, Hiltrud ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Renal cell cancer; Trichloroethene; Tumour suppressor genes; VHL

Indexed keywords

TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SOMATIC MUTATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0030900929     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040050394     Document Type: Article

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