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Glutathione peroxidase 3 gene polymorphisms and risk of differentiated thyroid cancer.
Surgery - 1 May 2009
Lin Jen-Chih, Kuo Wen-Rei, Chiang Feng-Yu, Hsiao Pi-Jung, Lee Ka-Wo, Wu Che-Wei, Juo Suh-Hang Hank
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BACKGROUND: The antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase 3 (GPX3) can lessen the oxidative stress in the thyroid gland. We tested for the association between tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (tSNPs) of the GPX3 gene and the risk of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). METHODS: A total of...
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