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Significant association of the cytokine variants with head and neck cancer risk: evidence from meta-analysis.
European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - 1 Feb 2018
Xiao Ting-Ting, Li Xian, Xu Ying, Li Yong
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To evaluate the possible relevance of the IL-18-137 G>C (rs187238), IL-18-607 C>A (rs1946518) and IL-4-590 C>T (rs2243250) polymorphisms to the genetic susceptibility of head and neck cancer. METHODS: Data were retrieved from PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and CNKI databases, and the results were independently analysed by two reviewers using Stata 14.0 software. RESULTS: After searching for and assessing the...
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