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[Clinical significance of functional variants of matrix metalloproteinase genes in thyroid cancer].
Vestnik khirurgii imeni I. I. Grekova - 1 Jan 2009
Romanchishen A F, Kuz'michev A S, Bogatikov A A, Morozova E B, Chukhlovin A B, Totolian A A
Abstract excerpt
Under analysis were results of genetic investigations of 105 patients with thyroid cancer (TC) treated from 2004 through 2007 in the St. Petersburg City Center of surgery and oncology of the endocrine system organs. The patients' age was from 17 to 80 years (mean age 51.6 +/- 1.9 years). The influence of functional variants of matrix metalloproteinase genes in TC was determined. A reliable correlation was noted...
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