DNA repair genes polymorphisms and genetic susceptibility to Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms in a Portuguese population: The role of base excision repair genes polymorphisms

The authors gratefully acknowledge all patients and controls who generously participated in the present study. Our appreciation and thanks are extended to laboratory technicians, Mrs. Luisa Manso Oliveira, Mrs. Silvia Morgado Amaro and Miss Ines Sousa, (Department of Clinical Pathology, Hospital de Sao Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental) for their expert technical assistance. The present study was supported by funding through the project no. UID/BIM/00009/2013 from the Science and Technology Foundation of Portugal, which also awarded a Post-Doctoral Research grant to S.N.S. (grant no. SFRH/BPD/80462/2011).