An epidermal growth factor receptor intron 1 polymorphsm in healthy women in Poland

International Journal of Biological Markers

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 184-188

  Bielawski, Krzysztof Piotr ^a   Klos, P ^a,c   Welnicka Jaskiewicz, M ^b   Tidow, N ^d   Brandt, B ^d   Falkiewicz, B ^a   Zaczek, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^c Hospital for Infectious Diseases   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTRON; JAPAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTRONS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 27744516860     PISSN: 03936155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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