Mutation of galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase and its association with ovarian cancer and endometriosis

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 825-827

  Morland, Sarah J ^a   Jiang, Xiuxian ^a   Hitchcock, Andrew ^b   Thomas, Eric J ^a   Campbell, Ian G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION; OVARY CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUTATION; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTP-HEXOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 0031816887     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980911)77:6<825::AID-IJC4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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