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[Effect of gene polymorphism on detoxifying glutathione-S-transferase enzymes on chromosomal stability of squamous epithelial carcinomas in the area of the head-neck].
Laryngo- rhino- otologie - 1 Apr 1998
Matthias C, Bockmühl U, Jahnke V, Petersen I, Dietel M, Fryer A, Strange R C
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BACKGROUND: While cigarette smoking and chronic alcohol consumption are the major risk factors for the development of head and neck cancer, it is assumed that genetic factors contribute to risk. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We examined genotype frequencies from leukocyte DNA of 269 laryngeal cancer patients, 123 pharyngeal cancer patients and 216 controls. Polymorphisms at different glutathione-S-transferase (GST) gene...
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