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[Characteristics of high frequency 249 codon mutation of p53 gene in hepatocellular carcinoma in prevalent area of China].
Zhonghua zhong liu za zhi [Chinese journal of oncology] - 1 Mar 1999
Ming L, Yuan B, Thorgeirsson S S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the characteristic features of an unique hotspot missense mutation of the 249 codon of p53 gene demonstrated in human hepato-cellular carcinoma(HCC) in a region of high(Qidong) and low (Beijing) exposure to both hepatitis B virus (HBV) and aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in China. METHODS: Surgical samples from 97 HCC from Qidong and 22 from Beijing, China, collected in 1994 through 1997, were studied....
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