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The role of interleukin 28B gene polymorphism in Turkish patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Annals of hepatology - 1 Jan 2000
Akkiz Hikmet, Kuran Sedef, Akgöllü Ersin, Usküdar Oguz, Bekar Aynur, Bayram Süleyman
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Multiple risk factors lead to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) including viral infections, mutation and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Interleukin 28B (IL28B) gene rs12979860 polymorphism has been shown to be associated with HCC in the different populations, but its association with HCC has not been investigated in the Turkish population. We investigated whether the rs12979860...
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