Association between leptin receptor gene polyrnorphisms and early-onset prostate cancer

BJU International

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-112

  Kote Jarai, Z ^a   Singh, R ^a   Durocher, F ^b   Easton, D ^b   Edwards, S M ^a   Ardern Jones, A ^c   Dearnaley, D P ^c   Houlston, R ^a   Kirby, R ^d   Eeles, R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leptin receptor; Polymorphism; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

DNA; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0038502286     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04272.x     Document Type: Article

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