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Interleukin 1B and interleukin 1RN polymorphisms are associated with increased risk of gastric carcinoma.
Gastroenterology - 1 Oct 2001
Machado J C, Pharoah P, Sousa S, Carvalho R, Oliveira C, Figueiredo C, Amorim A, Seruca R, Caldas C, Carneiro F, Sobrinho-Simões M
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Interleukin (IL)-1 gene cluster proinflammatory polymorphisms have been associated with development of gastric atrophy and with increased risk of gastric carcinoma. We aimed to determine the association between IL-1 loci polymorphisms and increased risk of gastric carcinoma in samples from a Portuguese population, and to find whether there was any relationship with the histologic types of...
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