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Does race modify the association between CYP1B1 Val432Leu polymorphism and breast cancer risk? A critical appraisal of a recent meta-analysis

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  1. School of Medicine, National University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Konstantinos P. Economopoulos & Theodoros N. Sergentanis

  2. Society of Junior Doctors, Athens, Greece

    Konstantinos P. Economopoulos & Theodoros N. Sergentanis

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Economopoulos, K.P., Sergentanis, T.N. Does race modify the association between CYP1B1 Val432Leu polymorphism and breast cancer risk? A critical appraisal of a recent meta-analysis. Breast Cancer Res Treat 124, 293–294 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-010-1097-3

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