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A p53 polymorphism associated with increased risk of hepatitis C virus infection.
Cancer letters - 30 Oct 2001
Okada F, Shiraki T, Maekawa M, Sato S
Abstract excerpt
Incidence of polymorphisms on exon 4 (CGC vs. CCC, p53Arg vs. p53Pro, A2 allele vs. A1 allele at codon 72, respectively) of the p53 gene was compared in 75 cases with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and 232 noninfected control subjects in a defined geographical area in Japan. Polymorphism was analyzed by the polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism method using DNA from peripheral blood...
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