A case-control study of galactose consumption and metabolism in relation to ovarian cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-101

  Cramer, Daniel W ^a   Greenberg, E Robert ^b   Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^b   Liberman, Rebecca F ^a   Welch, William R ^a   Li, Evelyn ^a   Ng, Won G ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUGAR INTAKE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADULT; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LACTOSE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; ODDS RATIO; OOCYTES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE; UTP-HEXOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 0033969956     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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