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Ethnicity determines association of p53Arg72Pro alleles with cervical cancer in China.
European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) - 1 Oct 2008
Zheng Xing-Zheng, Yang An-Qiang, Pan Xiao-Lin, Zheng Li-Li, Wang Xiao-Ling, Zhou Qiu-Yuan, Li Xin-Min, Yan Li-Hua, Zhang Bo, Li Hong-An, Jiang Jin-Fang
Abstract excerpt
Minority Uigur women residing in Xinjiang, in the northwest of China, have a high incidence of cervical carcinoma (CC; 527/100 000) and are often diagnosed young. We favor the hypothesis that Uigur women may carry different genetic factor(s) making them more susceptible to CC than majority Han (Chinese) women living in the same region. Using PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism, we investigated...
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