Distribution of GSTM1 null genotype in relation to gender, age and smoking status in Japanese lung cancer patients.

doi:10.1097/00008571-199512001-00005

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Distribution of GSTM1 null genotype in relation to gender, age and smoking status in Japanese lung cancer patients.

Pharmacogenetics - 1 Jan 1995

Kihara M, Noda K, Kihara M

Abstract excerpt

GSTM1 gene deficiency has been shown to occur in approximately half of the populations of various ethnic origins and has been implicated as a factor for elevated risk for lung cancers. However the results have been variable or even conflicting between the studies. In an attempt to explore the rea...

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Age Factors
Aged
Female
Gene Deletion
Genotype
Glutathione Transferase
Humans
Isoenzymes
Japan
Lung Neoplasms
Male
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Risk Factors
Sex Characteristics
Smoking

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