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Cag Repeat Number in the Androgen Receptor Gene and Prostate Cancer Cover

Cag Repeat Number in the Androgen Receptor Gene and Prostate Cancer

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics
Volume 15 (2012): Issue 1 (June 2012)
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|Jul 2012
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10034-012-0005-z | Journal eISSN: 2199-5761 (formerly 1311-0160) | Journal ISSN: 1311-0160
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Language: English
Page range: 31 - 36
Published on: Jul 20, 2012
Published by: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Prostrate cancer (PC),
Androgen receptor (AR) gene,
CAG repeat,
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Basic medical science,
Basic medical science, other

© 2012 S Madjunkova, A Eftimov, V Georgiev, D Petrovski, A Dimovski, D Plaseska-Karanfilska, published by Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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