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Effect of cytokine genotypes on the hepatitis B virus-hepatocellular carcinoma association.
Cancer - 15 Feb 2005
Nieters Alexandra, Yuan Jian-Min, Sun Can-Lan, Zhang Zhen-Quan, Stoehlmacher Jan, Govindarajan Sugantha, Yu Mimi C
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BACKGROUND: In Southern Guangxi, China, chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) acquired during the perinatal period from carrier mothers is a primary cause of hepatocellular carcinoma. However, only a minority of HBV carriers eventually develop hepatocellular carcinoma. The authors hypothesized that cytokine genotypes may be important codeterminants of the risk of HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma....
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