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Areca nut chewing and systemic inflammation: evidence of a common pathway for systemic diseases

BACKGROUND: Areca nut, the seed of fruit of an oriental palm, known as Areca catechu, is commonly chewed in many countries. Diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, oropharyngeal and oesophageal cancers have been associated with areca nut chewing and the mechanism by which areca nut chewing...

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Autores principales: Shafique, Kashif, Mirza, Saira Saeed, Vart, Priya, Memon, Abdul Rauf, Arain, Moin Islam, Tareen, Muhammad Farooq, Haq, Zia Ul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3419065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22676449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-9255-9-22