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Association of GSTT1 polymorphism with acute myeloid leukemia risk is dependent on smoking status.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Apr 2012
Kim Hee Nam, Kim Nan Young, Yu Li, Tran Huong Thi Thanh, Kim Yeo-Kyeoung, Lee Il-Kwon, Shin Min-Ho, Park Kyeong-Soo, Choi Jin-Su, Kim Hyeoung-Joon
Abstract excerpt
Genetic polymorphisms in drug-metabolizing, DNA repair and multidrug resistance genes affect the risks for many cancers. We analyzed 21 polymorphisms in 17 genes in these pathways to evaluate their association with the risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and to examine whether smoking modifies these associations in a population-based study in Korea (415 cases, 1700 controls). We found marginal associations...
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