NLRP7 and the genetics of post-molar choriocarcinomas in Senegal

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-56

  Slim, Rima ^a,b   Coullin, Philippe ^c   Diatta, Ange Lucien ^d   Chebaro, Wafaa ^a,b   Courtin, David ^e,f   Abdelhak, Sonia ^g   Garcia, Andre ^e,f  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^g PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Choriocarcinomas; Mutation analysis; NLRP7; Post molar choriocarcinomas; Senegal

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENEGAL;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; SENEGAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84855164966     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gar060     Document Type: Article

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