Extent of linkage disequilibrium between the androgen receptor gene CAG and GGC repeats in human populations: Implications for prostate cancer risk

Human Genetics

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 253-261

  Kittles, R A ^a   Young, D ^a   Weinrich, S ^a   Hudson, J ^a   Argyropoulos, G ^a   Ukoli, F ^a   Adams Campbell, L ^a   Dunston, G M ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; CANCER RISK; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NIGERIA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RURAL AREA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ASIA; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NORTH AMERICA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RISK FACTORS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034804086     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390100576     Document Type: Article

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