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Association of androgen receptor CAG repeat polymorphism and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer.
Gene - 10 Jan 2016
Zhu Tongyu, Yuan Jing, Xie Yudou, Li Hong, Wang Yuzhi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Biological and epidemiologic evidence suggested that androgen and its receptor may play an important role in ovarian carcinogenesis. However, results of previous association studies about ovarian cancer and AR CAG repeat polymorphism were inconsistent. Furthermore, none of these studies were conducted in Asians. METHODS: We evaluated the relationship between AR CAG repeat length and epithelial ovarian...
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