Acetylation phenotypes and bladder cancer.

doi:10.1097/00043764-199009000-00032

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Acetylation phenotypes and bladder cancer.

Journal of occupational medicine. : official publication of the Industrial Medical Association - 1 Sept 1990

Hanke J, Krajewska B

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The human population consists of slow and fast acetylators. To test the hypothesis that slow acetylators are predisposed to bladder cancer caused by exposure to aromatic amines, we performed a retrospective study, phenotyping cancer patients. Bladder cancer patients were divided, based on intervi...

Topics

Acetylation
Humans
Occupational Diseases
Phenotype
Retrospective Studies
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

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