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Genetic polymorphisms in the Hmong population: implications for cancer etiology and survival.
Cancer - 15 Jan 2004
Kiffmeyer William R, Langer Erica, Davies Stella M, Envall Julie, Robison Leslie L, Ross Julie A
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BACKGROUND: The Hmong, an isolated, agrarian people from southern China, migrated to the mountainous regions of what are today Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Minnesota has the second largest Hmong population in the United States. The authors compared frequencies of common genetic polymorphisms believed to influence risk of malignancy to determine whether frequencies in the Hmong are different from those in other...
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