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The impact of smoking on clinical features of Behçet's disease patients with glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Özer H T E, Günesaçar R, Dinkçi S, Özbalkan Z, Yildiz F, Erken E
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OBJECTIVES: Various cancer studies have suggested that polymorphism of GSTM1 may influence the ability to detoxify chemicals in cigarette smoke. In the present study the effect of smoking on clinical features of Behçet's disease were investigated in patients having GST-M1 and/or -T1 null polymorphisms. METHODS: Ninety-seven patients meeting International Study Group Criteria for Behçet's disease (63 male, 34...
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