Null type of glutathione S-transferase M1 polymorphism is associated with early onset pterygium

Molecular Vision

Volumn 10, Issue , 2004, Pages 458-461

  Tsai, Yi Yu ^a,b   Lee, Huei ^b   Tseng, Sung Huei ^c   Cheng, Ya Wen ^b   Tsai, Chang Hai ^d   Wu, Yu Hsiao ^a   Tsai, Fuu Jen ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; DNA; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NULL ALLELE; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUNTEER; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PTERYGIUM;

EID: 3843084018     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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