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Polymorphisms in genes involved in sex hormone metabolism may increase risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
The Prostate - 1 Mar 2006
Roberts Rosebud O, Bergstralh Erik J, Farmer Sara A, Jacobson Debra J, Hebbring Scott J, Cunningham Julie M, Thibodeau Stephen N, Lieber Michael M, Jacobsen Steven J
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BACKGROUND: This study investigates associations between polymorphisms in genes involved in sex hormone metabolism and measures of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). METHODS: Community-dwelling Caucasian men (n=510, median age 60 years in 2000) from the Olmsted County, MN, participated in a longitudinal study of BPH. From 1990 through 2000, urologic measures of BPH were assessed biennially from lower urinary...
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