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GSTM1 polymorphism and oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Oral oncology - 1 Jan 2004
Drummond Sérgio Neves, De Marco Luiz, Noronha Júlio Carlos Motta, Gomez Ricardo Santiago
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the frequency of the GSTM1 genotypes in 70 Brazilian patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and 82 age-sex matched controls. The GSTM1 genotypes were studied by PCR-based methods. The frequency of male patients with OSCC and null for the GSTM1 (70.5%) was statistically different from the male patients from the control group (48.5%) (Odds Ratio, OR=2.53, 95% CI=1.22-5.24, P<0.05). The...
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