Loss of heterozygosity in actinic keratosis, squamous cell carcinoma and sun-exposed normal-appearing skin in Japanese: Difference between Japanese and Caucasians

Cancer Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 169-175

  Kushida, Yoshio ^a   Miki, Hiroshi ^a   Ohmori, Masaki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinic keratosis; Loss of heterozygosity; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; JAPAN; KERATOSIS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0033011235     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(99)00069-5     Document Type: Article

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