MHC class i chain-related gene A transmembrane polymorphism in Spanish women with breast cancer

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-49

  Lavado Valenzuela, R ^a   Benavides, M ^a   Carabantes, F ^a   Alonso, A ^a   Caballero, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; HLA B7; MICA; Polymorphisms; Susceptibility and protection

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B7 ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-B7 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPAIN;

EID: 66949160767     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01254.x     Document Type: Article

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