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The preliminary study of p53 codon 72 polymorphism and risk of cervical carcinoma in Gabonese women.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Jan 2015
Assoumou Samira Zoa, Boumba Anicet Luc M, Ndjoyi-Mbiguino Angelique, Khattabi Abdelkrim, Ennaji Moulay Mustapha
Abstract excerpt
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in Africa and the first most common cancer in Gabonese women due to infection of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV). However, other cofactors such as genetic factors also come into play. A common polymorphism of the p53 codon 72 in exon 4 with two alleles encoding arginine or proline is known at this locus. The homozygous arginine form of this...
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