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Interactive effects between Lymphotoxin α +252 polymorphism and habits of substance use on risk of hepatocellular carcinoma.
The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences - 1 Jul 2017
Tsai Jung-Fa, Chen Shinn-Chern, Lin Zu-Yau, Dai Chia-Yen, Huang Jee-Fu, Yu Min-Lung, Chuang Wan-Long
Abstract excerpt
This case-control study aimed to assess the interactive effect between polymorphisms of lymphotoxin (LT) α +252 and habitual substance use on risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We enrolled 150 pairs of sex- and age-matched HCC patients and unrelated healthy controls. LTα genotypes were detected with polymerase-chain reaction and restrictive fragment length polymorphisms. Information about habits of substance...
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