Prevalence of human endogenous retroviral element associates with Hodgkin's lymphoma incidence rates

Leukemia Research Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-3

  Woo, Wee Hong ^a,b   Shen, Liang ^b   Leong, Sai Mun ^c   Koay, Evelyn Siew Chuan ^b,c  

^a SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; HERV; Lymphoma; Prevalence; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY (PEOPLE); MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84901305143     PISSN: 22130489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrr.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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