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Combined germline variations of thrombophilic genes promote genesis of lung cancer.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2013
Ozen Filiz, Polat Fikriye, Arslan Sulhattin, Ozdemir Oztürk
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A large variety of familiar and non-familiar lung carcinomas (LC) are caused by long term exposure to chemical carcinogens that are present in tobacco smoke. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of 5 thrombophilic germ-line mutations in patients with lung carcinomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 52 LC patients and 212 healthy controls from same population were analyzed for FV Leiden, factor V...
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