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Polymorphisms in androgen metabolism genes AR, CYP1B1, CYP19, and SRD5A2and prostate cancer risk and aggressiveness in Bulgarian patients.
Turkish journal of medical sciences - 19 Apr 2016
Kachakova Darina, Mitkova Atanaska, Popov Elenko, Beltcheva Olga, Vlahova Alexandrina, Dikov Tihomir, Christova Svetlana, Mitev Vanio, Slavov Chavdar, Kaneva Radka
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIM: The aim of our study was to elucidate the role of polymorphisms in AR, CYP1B1, CYP19, and SRD5A2 genes for prostate cancer (PC) development in Bulgarian patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We genotyped 246 PC patients and 261 controls (155 with benign prostate hyperplasia and 107 healthy population controls) using direct sequencing, PCR-RFLP, SSCP, and fragment analysis. RESULTS: The allele and...
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