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Common variants of the thyroglobulin gene are associated with differentiated thyroid cancer risk.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 May 2011
Akdi Abdelmounaim, Pérez Gisselle, Pastor Susana, Castell Juan, Biarnés Josefina, Marcos Ricard, Velázquez Antonia
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BACKGROUND: Genetic factors are important in thyroid cancer susceptibility. Recently, it has been reported that there are associations of certain chromosome regions with thyroid cancer. In this case-control study, we sought to determine whether there is an association between differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and variants in regions of chromosome 8q. METHODS: We used a case-control association design in a...
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