Association between functional polymorphism in EGF gene and malignant melanoma

Lancet

Volumn 359, Issue 9304, 2002, Pages 397-401

  Shahbazi, Majid ^a   Pravica, Vera ^a   Nasreen, Najma ^a   Fakhoury, Hana ^a   Fryer, Anthony A ^b   Strange, Richard C ^b   Hutchinson, Peter E ^c   Osborne, Joy E ^c   Lear, John T ^d   Smith, Andrew G ^d   Hutchinson, Ian V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MITOGENESIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0037006414     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)07600-6     Document Type: Article

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