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[Study on the relationship between cervical cancer and p53 codon 72 polymorphism].
Hua xi yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of West China University of Medical Sciences = Huaxi yike daxue xuebao - 1 Apr 2002
Qie Mingrong, Zhang Yanhua, Wu Junmei
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A polymorphism at codon 72 of the human tumor-suppressor gene, p53, results in translation to either arginine or proline. Some recent reports suggested that the risk of HPV-associated cervical cancer in white women is higher for those homozygous for the arginine allele than for those who are heterozygous; some reports did not. So we examined a number of cervical cancer, ovarian cancer and normal...
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