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Leptin receptor Gln223Arg polymorphism and breast cancer risk in Nigerian women: A case control study

BACKGROUND: Leptin, a 16 kDa polypeptide hormone, implicated in various physiological processes, exerts its action through the leptin receptor, a member of the class I cytokine receptor family. Both leptin and leptin receptor have recently been implicated in processes leading to breast cancer initia...

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Autores principales: Okobia, Michael N, Bunker, Clareann H, Garte, Seymour J, Zmuda, Joseph M, Ezeome, Emmanuel R, Anyanwu, Stanley N, Uche, Emmanuel E, Kuller, Lewis H, Ferrell, Robert E, Taioli, Emanuela
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2613914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19017403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-8-338