Gender-specific association of the VEGF -2578C>A polymorphism in Korean patients with colon cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4 B, 2007, Pages 2535-2539

  Hye, Mi Park ^a   Seung, Ho Hong ^b   Jong, Woo Kim ^a   Oh, Doyeun ^a   Seong, Gyu Hwang ^a   Hee, Jung An ^a   Nam, Keun Kim ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Korean; Polymorphism; VEGF

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 34547770379     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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