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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2007; 13(18): 2568-2574
Published online May 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i18.2568
Published online May 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i18.2568
Promoter hypermethylation of CDH1, FHIT, MTAP and PLAGL1 in gastric adenocarcinoma in individuals from Northern Brazil
Mariana Ferreira Leal, Patrícia Natália Oliveira Silva, Marília de Arruda Cardoso Smith, Genetics Division, Department of Morphology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Eleonidas Moura Lima, Department of Biology, Campus Ministro Reis Velloso/Parnába, Federal University of Piauí, PI, Brazil
Danielle Queiroz Calcagno, Rommel Rodríguez Burbano, Human Cytogenetics and Toxicological Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biology, Center of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
Paulo Pimentel Assumpção, João de Barros Barreto University Hospital, Federal University of Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
Spencer Luiz Marques Payão, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Hemocenter, Faculty of Medicine of Marília, Marília, SP, Brazil
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Correspondence to: Marília de Arruda Cardoso Smith, Disciplina de Genética, Departamento de Morfologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, Rua Botucatu 740, Edifício Leitão da Cunha, 1º andar, CEP: 04023-900, São Paulo, SP,Brazil. macsmith.morf@epm.br
Telephone: +55-11-55764260 Fax: +55-11-55764260
Received: January 23, 2007
Revised: January 26, 2007
Accepted: February 8, 2007
Published online: May 14, 2007
Revised: January 26, 2007
Accepted: February 8, 2007
Published online: May 14, 2007
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