Epidermal growth factor 61 A/G polymorphism and uterine cervical cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 492-496

  Kang, S ^a   Kim, J W ^b   Park, N H ^b   Song, Y S ^b   Park, S Y ^a   Kang, S B ^b   Lee, H P ^b  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; EGF; Invasiveness; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KOREA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947282181     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.00870.x     Document Type: Article

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