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Lymphotoxin-alpha polymorphism and the risk of cervical cancer in Japanese subjects.
Cancer letters - 31 Jan 2005
Niwa Yoshimitsu, Hirose Kaoru, Matsuo Keitaro, Tajima Kazuo, Ikoma Yoko, Nakanishi Toru, Nawa Akihiro, Kuzuya Kazuo, Tamakoshi Akiko, Hamajima Nobuyuki
Abstract excerpt
To examine the possible association between cervical cancer and Lymphotoxin-alpha (LT(alpha)) polymorphisms, C804A and A252G, an incident case-control study was conducted in Japanese. The cases were 131 cervical cancer patients. Controls were 320 healthy women. Risk estimation was conducted by an unconditional logistic model. Complete linkage disequilibrium was seen between LT(alpha) C804A and LT(alpha) A252G. We...
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