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Correlation of major histocompatibility complex class I related A (MICA) polymorphism with the risk of developing breast cancer.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Mar 2012
Vallian Sadeq, Rad Morteza Javadi, Tavallaei Mahmood, Tavassoli Manoochehr
Abstract excerpt
In the present study, we examined the association of different alleles of MICA gene with the risk of breast cancer development in Iranian population. Our data showed a significant relationship between longer alleles, alleles with 9- and 6-GCT repeat of MICA gene, and a higher risk of developing breast cancer according to the age of onset. The data indicated a 6-fold increase for developing breast cancer in...
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