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N-acetyltransferase 2 gene polymorphism as a biomarker for susceptibility to bladder cancer in Bangladeshi population.
Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology - 1 Mar 2015
Hosen Md Bayejid, Islam Jahidul, Salam Md Abdus, Islam Md Fakhrul, Hawlader M Zakir Hossain, Kabir Yearul
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To investigate the association between the three most common single nucleotide polymorphisms of the N-acetyltransferase 2 gene together with cigarette smoking and the risk of developing bladder cancer and its aggressiveness. METHODS: A case-control study on 102 bladder cancer patients and 140 control subjects was conducted. The genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral white blood cells and...
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