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p53 Overexpression in Oral Mucosa in Relation to Shisha Smoking in Syria and Lebanon
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 27 Jul 2018
Zaid Khaled, Azar-Maalouf Elie, Barakat Charif, Chantiri Mansour
Abstract excerpt
Introduction: Shisha (waterpipe) smoking is becoming a very prevalent form of tobacco consumption in the Middle east and use is growing over the world. Smoking-related malignancies have a high genome-wide burden of mutations, including examples in the gene encoding p53. Aims: To investigate alterations in p53 immunohistochemical expression in the normal, pre-malignant, malignant oral mucosa in relation to Shisha...
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