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SUBMITTER: Lochhead P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3031760 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lochhead Paul P Frank Bernd B Hold Georgina L GL Rabkin Charles S CS Ng Michael T H MT Vaughan Thomas L TL Risch Harvey A HA Gammon Marilie D MD Lissowska Jolanta J Weck Melanie N MN Raum Elke E Müller Heiko H Illig Thomas T Klopp Norman N Dawson Alan A McColl Kenneth E KE Brenner Hermann H Chow Wong-Ho WH El-Omar Emad M EM
Gastroenterology 20101109 2
<h4>Background & aims</h4>An association between gastric cancer and the rs2294008 (C>T) polymorphism in the prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) gene has been reported for several Asian populations. We set out to determine whether such an association exists in white individuals.<h4>Methods</h4>We genotyped 166 relatives of gastric cancer patients, including 43 Helicobacter pylori-infected subjects with hypochlorhydria and gastric atrophy, 65 infected subjects without these abnormalities, 58 H pylor ...[more]