Article
Increased frequency of the S allele of the L-myc oncogene in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
British journal of cancer - 1 Apr 1994
Crossen P E, Morrison M J, Colls B M
Abstract excerpt
We studied 100 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 44 patients with Hodgkin's disease and 100 controls for the prevalence of the EcoRI restriction fragment polymorphism of the L-myc oncogene. No difference in the frequency of the three genotypes (LL, LS, SS) was found between the patient and control groups. However, the S allele was found to occur more frequently in the non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients (chi 2 =...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Case-Control Studies
- Chi-Square Distribution
- DNA Probes
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genes, myc
