Assessment of hypermethylated DNA in two promoter regions of the estrogen receptor α gene in human endometrial diseases

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-96

  Hori, Masao ^a   Iwasaki, Mariko ^a   Shimazaki, Jiro ^a   Inagawa, Satoshi ^a   Itabashi, Masayuki ^a  

^a IBARAKI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competitive polymerase chain reaction; DNA methylation; Endometrial disease; Estrogen receptor gene

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0033978018     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1999.5662     Document Type: Article

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