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G. S. Lordelo, Miranda-Vilela, A. L., Akimoto, A. K., Alves, P. C. Z., Hiragi, C. O., Nonino, A., Daldegan, M. B., Klautau-Guimarães, M. N., and Grisolia, C. K., Association between methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase and glutathione S-transferase M1 gene polymorphisms and chronic myeloid leukemia in a Brazilian population, vol. 11, pp. 1013-1026, 2012.
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2010
A. L. Miranda-Vilela, Akimoto, A. K., Alves, P. C. Z., Ferreira, L. B., Lordelo, G. S., Melo, J. G. M., Grisolia, C. K., Oliveira, S. F., and Klautau-Guimarães, M. N., Evidence for an association between haptoglobin and MnSOD (Val9Ala) gene polymorphisms in essential hypertension based on a Brazilian case-control study, vol. 9, pp. 2166-2175, 2010.
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