Influence of pepsinogen gene polymorphisms on serum pepsinogen

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-97

  Yamagata, Z ^a   Zhang, Y ^b   Shinozaki, S ^b   Miyamura, T ^b   Iijima, S ^b   Asaka, A ^b   Kobayashi, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPSINOGEN II;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPSINOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0030983393     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480097005988     Document Type: Article

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