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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2006; 12(31): 5037-5043
Published online Aug 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i31.5037
Relation between common polymorphisms in genes related to inflammatory response and colorectal cancer
George Theodoropoulos, Ioannis Papaconstantinou, Evangelos Felekouras, Nikolaos Nikiteas, Petros Karakitsos, Dimitris Panoussopoulos, Andreas Ch Lazaris, Efstratios Patsouris, John Bramis, Maria Gazouli
George Theodoropoulos, Dimitris Panoussopoulos, John Bramis, 1st Propaideutic Surgical Department, Hippocration University Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece
Ioannis Papaconstantinou, 1st Surgical Department, Laikon University Hospital, University of Athens, Greece
Nikolaos Nikiteas, 2nd Propaideutic Surgical Department, Laikon University Hospital, University of Athens, Greece
Petros Karakitsos, Department of Cytopathology, University General Hospital “Attikon”, University of Athens, Greece
Andreas Ch Lazaris, Efstratios Patsouris, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece
Maria Gazouli, Department of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Maria Gazouli, PhD, Michalakopoulou 176, Goudi 11725, Athens, Greece. mgazouli@med.uoa.gr
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Received: February 28, 2006
Revised: March 13, 2006
Accepted: March 20, 2006
Published online: August 21, 2006
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