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Association of IL-6 polymorphisms with hepatocellular carcinoma risk: evidences from a meta-analysis.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Apr 2014
Liu Ying, Gao Su-jun, Du Bo-xiang, Wang Jie-jun
Abstract excerpt
The associations between IL-6 gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are controversial. We performed a meta-analysis to provide more credible evidence. We searched for relevant studies published up to 2013 by performing an efficient searching strategy. Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) was used to estimate the strength of the associations...
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