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Macrophage stimulating protein variation enhances the risk of sporadic extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jul 2013
Krawczyk Marcin, Höblinger Aksana, Mihalache Florentina, Grünhage Frank, Acalovschi Monica, Lammert Frank, Zimmer Vincent
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Primary sclerosing cholangitis confers risk of cholangiocarcinoma. Here, we assessed the primary sclerosing cholangitis-associated variant rs3197999 in the MST1 gene, coding for RON receptor tyrosine kinase ligand macrophage stimulating protein, in a large European cholangiocarcinoma cohort. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 223 cholangiocarcinoma patients including three primary sclerosing cholangitis...
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