Influence of TNFα and LTα single nucleotide polymorphisms on susceptibility to and prognosis in cutaneous malignant melanoma in the British population

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-23

  Howell, W M ^a,b   Turner, S J ^b   Collins, A ^b   Bateman, A C ^a   Theaker, J M ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; LYMPHOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; DNA; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THICKNESS; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION; UNITED KINGDOM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; SKIN TUMOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MELANOMA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0035984986     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.2002.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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