Genetic polymorphisms in the UGT1A1 gene and breast cancer risk in Greek women

Genetic Testing

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-306

  Tsezou, Aspasia ^a   Tzetis, Maria ^b   Giannatou, Eirini ^b   Gennatas, Constantinos ^c   Pampanos, Andreas ^b   Kanavakis, Emmanuel ^b   Kitsiou Tzeli, Sofia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHOGLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROMOTER REGION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GREECE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RISK FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 35349023210     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2007.0020     Document Type: Article

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