Lack of association of the heparanase gene single-nucleotide polymorphism Arg307Lys with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in patients from Northern Ireland

Leukemia

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1629-1631

  Winter, Paul C ^a   McMullin, M F ^a   Catherwood, M A ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; HEPARANASE; LYSINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 49449114386     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/leu.2008.36     Document Type: Article

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