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Role of Human papilloma virus Infection and Altered Methylation of Specific Genes in Esophageal Cancer
30 Jul 2013
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BACKGROUND: Evaluation of Human papilloma virus (HPV) and its association with promoter methylation of candidate genes, p53 and Aurora A in esophageal cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred forty-one esophageal tissue samples from different pathologies were evaluated for HPV infection by PCR, while the promoter methylation status of p53 and Aurora A was assessed by methylation-specific restriction based PCR...
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