Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 8 , Pages 351-357 , August 2006

Evaluation of the Associations Between the Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of the Promoter Region of the Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Gene and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

  • Sheng-Yow Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Sin-Lau Christian Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • ,
  • Ying-Jan Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • ,
  • Po-Chang Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Sin-Lau Christian Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • ,
  • Sen-Tien Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • ,
  • Chih-Hung Chen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • Department of Neurology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • ,
  • Helen H.W. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • ,
  • Chih-Jen Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • ,
  • How-Ran Guo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr How-Ran Guo, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 138, Sheng-Li Road, Tainan 704, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 28 November 2005 ,Accepted 19 May 2006.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70272-2

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70272-2

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 8 , Pages 351-357 , August 2006

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