Leptin -2548 G/A polymorphism in endometrial cancer

Klinicka Onkologie

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 223-227

  Chovanec, J ^a   Bienertová Vašků, Julie A ^b   Dostalova Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Leptin; PCR; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

JANUS KINASE; LEPTIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; STAT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS CANCER;

BODY MASS INDEX; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73349096053     PISSN: 0862495X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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