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Androgen receptor and familial prostate cancer

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  1. Department of Medical Genetics, McGill University, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, PQ, Canada, H3G 1A4

    Sophie Sun & Steven A. Narod

  2. Department of Urology, McGill University, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, PQ, Canada, H3G 1A4

    Arman Aprikian

  3. Epidemiology Research Unit, Hôtel-Dieu de Montreal, Montreal, PQ, Canada, H3G 1A4

    Parviz Ghadirian

  4. Endocrine Research Clinic and MRC Group in Molecular Endocrinology, CHUL Research Center and Laval University Ste-Foy, PQ, Canada, G1 V 4G2

    Fernand Labrie

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Sun, S., Narod, S., Aprikian, A. et al. Androgen receptor and familial prostate cancer. Nat Med 1, 848–849 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0995-848b

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