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A comparison of serum copper levels in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma, nodular goiter, and healthy volunteers
2022-04-28
Abstract excerpt
Serum copper (Cu) is an essential trace element that plays a key role in thyroid hormone production. An inappropriate level of serum Cu might be related to development of both benign and malignant thyroid neoplasm. Nodular goiter and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) are common benign and malignant tumors of the thyroid, respectively. This study aims to compare the serum Cu levels of healthy women with women with...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 19722ef0-35f5-5668-be99-e5afa4ec3e99
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1595959/v1
