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Multiple variants of TERT and CLPTM1L constitute risk factors for lung adenocarcinoma.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 16 Feb 2012
Chen X F, Cai S, Chen Q G, Ni Z H, Tang J H, Xu D W, Wang X B
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Recent studies have shown that 5p15.33 is one of the chromosomal regions that is most consistently altered in lung cancer; common variants that are located in this region have been genotyped in various populations. However, the genetic contribution of these variants to carcinogenesis is relatively unknown. A clinic-based case-control study in Shanghai was undertaken on 196 patients with lung cancer and 229...
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