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Impact of thymidylate synthase promoter and DNA repair gene polymorphisms on susceptibility to childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Jun 2011
Canalle Renata, Silveira Vanessa S, Scrideli Carlos Alberto, Queiroz Rosane G P, Lopes Luiz Fernando, Tone Luiz Gonzaga
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of polymorphisms in the TYMS, XRCC1, and ERCC2 DNA repair genes in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) approaches. The study was conducted in 206 patients and 364 controls from a Brazilian population. No significant differences were observed among the...
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