17β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases/17-ketosteroid reductases (17HSD/KSRs) in prostate cancer:the role of 17HSD/KSR types 2, 5, and 7 in steroid hormone action and loss of heterozygosity at chromosome region 16q

Abstract Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men in industrialized countries. Despite the substantial clinical importance of the disease, the mechanisms underlying the development and progression of prostate cancer are poorly understood. In the present study, fragment analy...

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Main Author: Härkönen, P. (Päivi)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Oulu 2005
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Online Access:http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9514279379
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