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RET polymorphisms and haplotypes and risk of differentiated thyroid cancer.
The Laryngoscope - 1 Jun 2005
Ho Tang, Li Guojun, Zhao Chong, Wei Qingyi, Sturgis Erich M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether common (allele frequencies > 5%) single nucleotide polymorphisms located in exons 2, 7, 11, 13, 14, and 15 of the RET proto-oncogene are associated with risk of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). STUDY DESIGN: Hospital-based case-control study. METHODS: Patients with DTC or benign thyroid disease (BTD) were frequency matched with cancer-free controls on age and sex. Only...
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