Linkage of familial Wilms' tumor predisposition to two-locus model for the etiology of familial tumors

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1387-1390

  McDonald, J Matthew ^a   Douglass, Edwin C ^b   Fisher, Ross ^c   Geiser, Clementina F ^d   Krill, Carl E ^e   Strong, Louise C ^a   Virshup, David ^f   Huff, Vicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c Warren Clinic   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^e AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 0032053822     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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