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XPD Lys751Gln polymorphism in the etiology and outcome of childhood acute myeloid leukemia: a Children's Oncology Group report.
Blood - 1 Jan 2006
Mehta Parinda A, Alonzo Todd A, Gerbing Robert B, Elliott James S, Wilke Tiffany A, Kennedy Rebekah J, Ross Julie A, Perentesis John P, Lange Beverly J, Davies Stella M
Abstract excerpt
Genetic polymorphisms result in interindividual variation in DNA repair capacity and may, in part, account for susceptibility of a cell to genotoxic agents and to malignancy. Polymorphisms in XPD, a member of the nucleotide excision repair pathway, have been associated with development of treatment-related acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and with poor outcome of AML in elderly patients. We hypothesized that XPD...
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