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Role of environmental and genetic factor interaction in age-related disease development: the gastric cancer paradigm.
Rejuvenation research - 1 Apr 2008
Forte Giusi Irma, Calà Cinzia, Scola Letizia, Crivello Antonino, Gullo Arianna, Marasà Lorenzo, Giacalone Antonio, Bonura Celestino, Caruso Calogero, Lio Domenico, Giammanco Anna
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The association of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection with gastric cancer is well known and might be considered a paradigmatic example of the role that interaction among environmental factors and individual background might play in inducing age-associated disease. To evaluate the role of interaction of Hp infection with genetic background, gastric cancer and chronic gastritis patients as well as random selected...
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