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Genetic polymorphisms of IL-23R (rs7517847) and LEP (rs7799039) among Egyptian patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Archives of physiology and biochemistry - 1 Dec 2017
Amer Tahani, El-Baz Rizk, Mokhtar Abdel-Rahman, El-Shaer Saad, Elshazli Rami, Settin Ahmad
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BACKGROUND: Genetic polymorphisms of IL-23 R (rs7517847) and LEP (rs7799039) have been stated to be associated with various types of human cancers. The purpose of this work is to test the association of these genetic polymorphisms with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) among Egyptian patients. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This study involved 150 unrelated Egyptian HCC patients in addition to 100 healthy controls from the...
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