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Biased paternal transmission of TRH variant to female Down syndrome probands: possible correlation with low breast cancer frequency.
The International journal of biological markers - 24 Feb 2015
Dey Arpita, Chatterjee Arpita, Maiti Atanu, Mukherjee Nupur, Sinha Swagata, Panda Chinmay K, Mukhopadhyay Kanchan
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid malfunction is more common in individuals with Down syndrome (DS) than in the general population. It has been hypothesized that thyroid may influence cancer risk. Individuals with DS are at greater risk of developing leukemia than the general population, while solid tumors especially breast cancer (BC) are rare. BC patients have higher levels of circulating thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and prolactin...
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