Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms and genetic susceptibility to thyroid cancer

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy and a complex disease with a largely unknown aetiology. Thyroid carcinomas are derived from thyroid follicular cells and parafollicular cells. The majority of thyroid cancer cases comprise both papillary (PTC) and follicular carcinomas (FTC). Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Xavier, David André Rodrigues (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/1630
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ubibliorum.ubi.pt:10400.6/1630