Segregation analysis of cutaneous melanoma in Queensland

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 391-401

  Aitken, Joanne F ^a,c   Bailey Wilson, Joan ^b   Green, Adèle C ^a   MacLennan, Robert ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family characteristics; Genetics; Heterogeneity; Skin neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031868035     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1998)15:4<391::AID-GEPI5>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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