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E-cadherin gene C-160A promoter polymorphism and risk of non-cardia gastric cancer in a Chinese population.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Jan 2005
Lu Yan, Xu Yao-Chu, Shen Jing, Yu Rong-Bin, Niu Ju-Yin, Guo Jian-Tao, Hu Xu, Shen Hong-Bing
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To test the hypothesis that E-cadherin gene (CDH1) C-160A promoter variant genotype is associated with an increased risk for developing gastric cancer. METHODS: In this population-based case-control study of gastric cancer in Jiangsu Province, China, we performed polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) to genotype the C-160A polymorphism of CDH1 promoter in 206...
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