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Polymorphisms in antioxidant defence genes and susceptibility to hepatocellular carcinoma in a Moroccan population.
Free radical research - 1 Feb 2010
Ezzikouri Sayeh, El Feydi Abdellah Essaid, Afifi Rajae, Benazzouz Mustapha, Hassar Mohammed, Pineau Pascal, Benjelloun Soumaya
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Reactive oxygen species have been related to the aetiology of cancer as they are known to be mitogenic and therefore capable of tumour promotion. The aim of this study was to assess the role of common variation in three polymorphic genes (MnSOD Ala-9Val, GPX1 Pro198Leu and CAT -262 C > T) coding...
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