Interferon-α and p53 alleles involved in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 645-647

  Golovleva, I ^a   Birgander, R ^a   Sjalander A ^a   Lundgren, E ^a   Beckman, L ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P53;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ALLELES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; FEMALE; GENES, P53; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031425881     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/18.4.645     Document Type: Article

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