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Polymorphisms in DNA repair and one-carbon metabolism genes and overall survival in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and follicular lymphoma

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We thank Peter Hui and Cristine Allmer for data management, and Laura Huennekens for secretarial support. We also thank Drs Qing Lan and Deirdre Hill for their scientific input for selection of one-carbon metabolism and DNA repair genes, respectively, as hypothesized for NHL etiology. This work was supported by National Cancer Institute grants R01-CA96704 and P50-CA97274; the NCI Intramural Program; SEER contracts N01-PC-67010, N01-PC-67008, N01-PC-67009, N01-PC-65064 and N02-PC-71105.

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Wang, S., Maurer, M., Morton, L. et al. Polymorphisms in DNA repair and one-carbon metabolism genes and overall survival in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and follicular lymphoma. Leukemia 23, 596–602 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2008.240

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