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Interleukin-6 polymorphisms and the risk of cervical cancer.
International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society - 1 Jan 2000
Nogueira de Souza N C, Brenna S M F, Campos F, Syrjänen K J, Baracat E C, Silva I D C G
Abstract excerpt
Recent data implicate that cytokine gene polymorphisms are important in pathogenesis of various neoplastic and nonneoplastic human diseases, and it was recently suggested that polymorphisms in interleukin (IL)-6 might increase the risk of gynecological malignancies, including cervical carcinomas. The aim of this case-control study is to compare the IL-6 polymorphisms in cervical cancer patients and healthy...
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