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Comparative study of GST polymorphism in relation to age in COPD and lung cancer.
Tuberkuloz ve toraks - 1 Jan 2013
Kant Shukla Rajni, Kant Surya, Mittal Balraj, Bhattacharya Sandeep
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INTRODUCTION: Glutathione-S-transferase is involved in detoxification of xenobiotic compounds. GSTs gene polymorphisms have been considered as a potential modifier for the respiratory disease. COPD is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lungs, which progresses very slowly and the majority of patients are therefore elderly, and few study suggested that age is major risk factor for cancer. Whether age in...
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