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Cytokine gene polymorphisms in egyptian cases with brain tumors.
Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute - 1 Jun 2009
Badr El-Din Nariman K, Settin Ahmad, Ali Nabil, Abdel-Hady El-Sayed K, Salem Fatma K
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BACKGROUND: Cytokines are proposed to play important roles in brain tumor biology as well as neurodegeneration or impaired neuronal function. OBJECTIVES: This work aimed to check the association of polymorphisms of cytokine genes in Egyptian cases with brain tumors. METHODS: This work included 45 cases affected by brain tumors diagnosed as 24 benign and 21 malignant. Their median age was 45 years, and they were...
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