The CC genotype of the C825T polymorphism of the G protein β3 gene (GNB3) is associated with a high relapse rate in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1739-1743

  Nückel, Holger ^a   Frey, Ulrich ^a   Aral, Nese ^a   Dürig, Jan ^a   Dührsen, Ulrich ^a   Siffert, Winfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; G protein; Genotype; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CD38 ANTIGEN; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMIDINE KINASE; THYMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0141758526     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000111017     Document Type: Article

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