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Genetic polymorphism of glutathione S transferases M1 and T1 in Indian patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2010
Asim Mohammad, Khan Luqman A, Husain S A, Husain Sajid, Sarma Manash P, Ahmad Istaq, Sharma J K, Sharma Anita, Sharma Shashi, Thayumanavan L, Kar P
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OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to evaluate whether the association of GSTM1/T1 gene polymorphisms modifies the risk of Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and what is its correlation with other predisposing risk factors like alcohol intake, cigarette smoking and hepatitis B and C infections. STUDY DESIGN/SETTING: It was a case-control study, included 254 HCC cases compared with 525 hospital-based age and sex matched cases of...
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