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Are factor V and prothrombin mutations associated with increased risk of oral cancer?
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Vairaktaris Eleftherios, Yapijakis Christos, Wiltfang Jörg, Ries Jutta, Vylliotis Antonis, Derka Spyridoula, Vasiliou Stavros, Neukam Friedrich W
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BACKGROUND: Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase is associated with pathogenesis of both thrombosis and oral cancer. Therefore, a search for a similar association of other thrombosis-related factors with oral cancer is justified. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In order to investigate whether the coagulation factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A mutations increase the risk of oral cancer, we searched for these mutant...
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