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Influence of smoking in the glutathione-S-transferase M1 deficiency--associated risk for squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder in schistosomiasis patients in Egypt.
British journal of cancer - 1 Sept 1996
Lafuente A, Zakahary M M, el-Aziz M A, Ascaso C, Lafuente M J, Trias M, Carretero P
Abstract excerpt
In this study we show an effect of the glutathione-S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) null phenotype on the risk for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the bladder among male smokers in Egypt, with an adjusted odds ratio of 4.8 (95% confidence interval: 1.06-21.77). However, no overall effect of the GSTM1 nu...
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