A Functional Polymorphism in the EGF Gene Is Found with Increased Frequency in Glioblastoma Multiforme Patients and Is Associated with More Aggressive Disease

Cancer Research

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1220-1223

  Bhowmick, Deb A ^a,b   Zhuang, Zhengping ^a   Wait, Scott D ^a   Weil, Robert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LIGAND;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; FATALITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR GROWTH;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 1242316180     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-03-3137     Document Type: Article

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