Role of MC1R variants in uveal melanoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1961-1965

  Hearle, N ^a   Humphreys, J ^b   Damato, B E ^b   Wort, R ^a   Talaban, R ^a   Wixey, J ^a   Green, H ^a   Easton, D F ^c   Houlston, R S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MC1R; Uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MC1R GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; RISK FACTORS; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0346752518     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601358     Document Type: Article

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