Different ras gene mutational frequencies in thyroid papillary carcinomas in Japan and Thailand

Cancer Letters

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-175

  Naito, Hiroaki ^a   Pairojkul, Chawalit ^b   Kitahori, Yoshiteru ^a   Yane, Katsunari ^a   Miyahara, Hiroshi ^a   Konishi, Noboru ^a   Matsunaga, Takashi ^a   Hiasa, Yoshio ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Japan; Point mutation; ras oncogene; Thailand; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; ONCOGENE RAS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; THAILAND; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; FEMALE; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; THAILAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031757753     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(98)00149-9     Document Type: Article

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