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

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2008

Year

Michael Okobia, Clareann H. Bunker, Seymour Garte, Joseph M. Zmuda, Emmanuel Ezeome, Stanley Anyanwu, Emmanuel Eni Uche, Lewis H. Kuller, Robert E. Ferrell, Emanuela Taioli
BMC Cancer

Abstract

Our results suggest that the LEPR Gln223Arg polymorphism in the extracellular domain of the LEPR receptor gene is associated with a modestly increased risk of premenopausal breast cancer in Nigerian women.

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