Linkage of aggressive prostate cancer to chromosome 7q31-33 in German prostate cancer families

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-22

  Paiss, Thomas ^a   Wörner, Sonja ^a   Kurtz, Florian ^a   Haeussler, Juergen ^a   Hautmann, Richard E ^a   Gschwend, Juergen E ^a   Herkommer, Kathleen ^a   Vogel, Walther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allele sharing method; Hereditary prostate cancer; Linkage analysis; Prostate cancer aggressiveness

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGE OF ONSET; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037262051     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200898     Document Type: Article

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