Influence of VEGF-A gene variation and protein levels in breast cancer susceptibility and severity

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1009-1016

  Balasubramanian, Sabapathy P ^a   Cox, Angelo ^b   Cross, Simon S ^a   Higham, Sue E ^a   Brown, Nicola J ^a   Reed, Malcolm W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Haplotypes; Polymorphisms; VEGF

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 34547127393     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22772     Document Type: Article

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