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Steroid 5-alpha-reductase type 2 (SRD5A2) V89L and A49T polymorphisms and sporadic prostate cancer risk: a meta-analysis.
Molecular biology reports - 1 May 2013
Li Qiaoxin, Zhu Yao, He Jing, Wang Mengyun, Zhu Meiling, Shi Tingyan, Qiu Lixin, Ye Dingwei, Wei Qingyi
Abstract excerpt
Steroid 5-α-reductase type 2 (SRD5A2) V89L and A49T polymorphisms are thought to play a crucial role in the androgen synthesis and metabolic pathway, but their associations with prostate cancer risk remain controversial. To provide a more precise estimation of the associations between V89L and A49T polymorphisms and prostate cancer risk, we performed a meta-analysis using all published case-control studies of...
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