Gene deficiency of glutathione- S-transferase μ isoform associated with susceptibility to lung cancer in a Chinese population

Cancer Letters

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 169-172

  Sun, G F ^a   Shimojo, N ^b   Pi, J B ^a   Lee, S ^b   Kumagai, Y ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chinese population; Gene deletion; Glutathione S transferase; Lung carcinoma

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHINESE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SMOKING;

EID: 0031586748     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)04612-0     Document Type: Article

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