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Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) G894T polymorphism is not associated with breast cancer risk: new evidence

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This study was supported by Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Zhejiang Province (2007CA113).

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    Huazhou Fu, Yangqing Zhang & Li Jin

  2. School of Life Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, China

    Zhishan Ding

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Fu, H., Zhang, Y., Jin, L. et al. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) G894T polymorphism is not associated with breast cancer risk: new evidence. Breast Cancer Res Treat 128, 595–598 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-011-1438-x

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