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Association between a pro-inflammatory genetic profile and the risk of chronic atrophic gastritis among older adults from Germany.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Feb 2009
Gao Lei, Weck Melanie N, Nieters Alexandra, Brenner Hermann
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pro-inflammatory polymorphisms have been suggested to explain part of the individual diversity in susceptibility to gastric carcinogenesis. We aimed to assess their impact on the risk of chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) in a population-based study. METHODS: Among 9953 older adults from Saarland/Germany, eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were assessed for 534 cases with serologically defined...
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