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Absence of a correlation of androgen receptor gene CAG repeat length and prostate cancer risk in an African-American population.
Clinical prostate cancer - 1 Sept 2004
Gilligan Timothy, Manola Judith, Sartor Oliver, Weinrich Sally P, Moul Judd W, Kantoff Philip W
Abstract excerpt
Shorter androgen receptor gene CAG repeat length has been associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, an earlier age of onset, and more advanced stage of disease. Studies comparing the distribution of CAG repeat lengths within different populations have reported that racial groups with higher prostate cancer incidence also have shorter CAG repeat lengths. We evaluated CAG repeat length in 685 black men...
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