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Genes of detoxification are important modulators of hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma risk.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Aug 2013
Barbieri R B, Bufalo N E, Cunha L L, Assumpção L V M, Maciel R M B, Cerutti J M, Ward L S
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CONTEXT: Different inherited profiles of genes involved in cellular mechanisms of activation and detoxification of carcinogenic products can provide specific protection or determine the risk for cancer. Low-penetrance polymorphic genes related to the biotransformation of environmental toxins have been associated with susceptibility to and the phenotype of, human tumours. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of...
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