Familial neuroblastoma: A complex heritable disease

Cancer Letters

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 41-45

  Tonini, Gian Paolo ^a   Longo, Luca ^a   Coco, Simona ^a,b   Perri, Patrizia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ADVANCED BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

16p; 4p; Familial neuroblastoma; Genetic heterogeneity; Linkage analysis; Polygenic inheritance; Predisposing genes; Predisposition; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOMICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROBLASTOMA; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037767913     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(03)00080-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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