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SUBMITTER: Liu C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4694256 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of clinical and experimental medicine 20151015 10
The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between CTLA-4 +49 G>A polymorphism and esophageal cancer (EC) susceptibility in a hospital based case-control study and a subsequent meta-analysis. We implemented genotyping analyses for CTLA-4 +49 G>A polymorphism with 629 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cases and 686 controls in a Chinese Han population. Polymerase chain reaction ligase detection reaction (PCR-LDR) method was used to identify genotypes of CTLA-4 +49 G>A polymorphism. We ...[more]