TNF-α promoter single nucleotide polymorphisms in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 346-352

  Berkoviç, Maja ^a   Čačev, Tamara ^b   Zjačiç Rotkviç, Vanja ^a   Kapitanoviç, Sanja ^b  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Neuroendocrine tumors; Pancreatic endocrine tumors; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDGUT; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33947137367     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097988     Document Type: Article

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