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Association of variants in genes related to the immune response and obesity with BPH in CLUE II.
Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases - 1 Dec 2014
Lopez D S, Peskoe S B, Tsilidis K K, Hoffman-Bolton J, Helzlsouer K J, Isaacs W B, Smith M W, Platz E A
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BACKGROUND: Chronic inflammation and obesity may contribute to the genesis or progression of BPH and BPH-associated lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). The influence of variants in genes related to these states on BPH has not been studied extensively. Thus, we evaluated the association of 17 sin...
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