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Association of Parental Consanguinity With Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Case-Control Study.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 16 Jun 2021
Zayed Ayman A, Amarin Justin Z, Al-Ani Abdallah T, Altell Tareq L, Abdelhamid Sultan S, Qirem Murad M, Fahmawi Suhib M, Elshebli Sanad M, Hamo Khair M, Zaghlol Louay Y, Tierney Michael E, Zayed Jana A, Haghighi Alireza
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CONTEXT: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of nonmedullary thyroid carcinoma. Uncommonly, PTC is associated with multiple genetic alterations and chromosomal abnormalities and displays familial patterns of inheritance. Parental consanguinity increases susceptibility to many genetic disorders. OBJECTIVE: This work aimed to investigate the association of parental consanguinity with PTC....
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