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Intraethnic variation in steroid-5-alpha-reductase polymorphisms in prostate cancer patients: a potential factor implicated in 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor treatment

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This work was subsidized by the grant from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad from Spain), ID: PI12/01867. Almudena Valenciano has a grant from the Instituto Canario de Investigación del Cáncer (ICIC). The founders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. We thank the technical support from the Immunology Department (Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria, Dr Negrín) staff: Nereida González-Quevedo and Yanira Florido-Ortega.

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Henrquez-Hernández L. A., Valenciano A., Foro-Arnalot P., Álvarez-Cubero M. J., Cozar J. M., Suárez-Novo J. F., Castells-Esteve M., Fernández-Gonzalo P., De-Paula-Carranza B., Ferrer M., Guedea F., Sancho-Pardo G., Craven-Bartle J., Ortiz-Gordillo M. J., Cabrera-Roldán P., Herrera-Ramos E., Rodríguez-Gallego C. and Lara P. C. 2015 Intraethnic variation in steroid-5-alpha-reductase polymorphisms in prostate cancer patients: a potential factor implicated in 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor treatment. J. Genet. 94, xx–xx

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HENRÍQUEZ-HERNÁNDEZ, L.A., VALENCIANO, A., FORO-ARNALOT, P. et al. Intraethnic variation in steroid-5-alpha-reductase polymorphisms in prostate cancer patients: a potential factor implicated in 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor treatment. J Genet 94, 335–341 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-015-0511-3

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