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Hepatocellular carcinoma, (HCC) is a serious health problem. It is prevakent in certain parts of the world where food contamination with aflatoxin is common. Aflatoxin, especially AFBI, has been shown to induce HCC in many species of laboratory and wild animals, including s"bhuman primates. Carcinogenesis studies have demonstrated that AFBI is a petent genotoxic carcinogen. After bieactivation ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0970-1915,0974-0422
DOI: 10.1007/s12291-017-0649-2