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Lack of effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms of the DNA methyltransferase 1 gene on gastric cancer in Iranian patients: a case control study.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2009
Khatami Fatemeh, Noorinayer Babak, Ghiasi Somayeh, Mohebi Reza, Hashemi Mohhamad, Zali Mohammad Reza
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in Iran. Hypomethylation and/or hypermethylation of DNA has been described in gastric cancer and is presumed to be an early event in carcinogeneisis. OBJECTIVE: We therefore hypothesized that single nucleotide polymorphisms of...
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