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Effect of CYP17 and PSA gene polymorphisms on prostate cancer risk and circulating PSA levels in the Slovak population.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Aug 2012
Sivoňová Monika Kmetová, Dobrota Dušan, Dušenka Róbert, Waczulíková Iveta, Slezák Peter, Matáková Tatiana, Mahmoodová Silvia, Mištuna Dušan, Kliment Ján
Abstract excerpt
Cytochrome P-450c17α (CYP17) and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) genes, which are involved in the androgen metabolism cascade, have been studied as possible candidates for genetic influences on prostate cancer development. Contradictory results prompted us to evaluate the frequencies of polymorph...
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