No association of p53 codon 72 and p21 codon 31 polymorphisms in Taiwan Chinese patient's with pterygium [9]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 975-976

  Tsai, Y Y ^a,b   Cheng, Y W ^b   Lee, H ^b   Tseng, S H ^c   Tsai, C H ^d   Tsai, F J ^e  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; START CODON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CODON; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P21; CYCLINS; FEMALE; GENES, P53; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PTERYGIUM; TAIWAN;

EID: 3042797605     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.040428     Document Type: Letter

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