Segregation analysis of prostate cancer in Sweden: Support for dominant inheritance

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 552-557

  Grönberg, Henrik ^a   Damber, Lena ^a   Damber, Jan Erik ^b   Iselius, Lennart ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHROMOSOME 1Q; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FAMILIAL CANCER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 1242281248     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009313     Document Type: Article

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