A common variant associated with prostate cancer in European and African populations

Nature Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 652-658

  Amundadottir, Laufey T ^a   Sulem, Patrick ^a   Gudmundsson, Julius ^a   Helgason, Agnar ^a   Baker, Adam ^a   Agnarsson, Bjarni A ^b   Sigurdsson, Asgeir ^a   Benediktsdottir, Kristrun R ^b   Cazier, Jean Baptiste ^a   Sainz, Jesus ^a   Jakobsdottir, Margret ^a   Kostic, Jelena ^a   Magnusdottir, Droplaug N ^a   Ghosh, Shyamali ^a   Agnarsson, Kari ^a   Birgisdottir, Birgitta ^a   Le Roux, Louise ^a   Olafsdottir, Adalheidur ^a   Blondal, Thorarinn ^a   Andresdottir, Margret ^a   Gretarsdottir, Olafia Svandis ^a   Bergthorsson, Jon T ^a   Gudbjartsson, Daniel ^a   Gylfason, Arnaldur ^a   Thorleifsson, Gudmar ^a   Manolescu, Andrei ^a   Kristjansson, Kristleifur ^a   Geirsson, Gudmundur ^b   Isaksson, Helgi ^b   Douglas, Julie ^c   Johansson, Jan Erik ^d   Bälter, Katarina ^e   Wiklund, Fredrik ^e   Montie, James E ^c   Yu, Xiaoying ^f   Suarez, Brian K ^g   Ober, Carole ^h   Cooney, Kathleen A ^c   Gronberg, Henrik ^e   Catalona, William J ^f   Einarsson, Gudmundur V ^b   Barkardottir, Rosa B ^b   Gulcher, Jeffrey R ^a   Kong, Augustine ^a   Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur ^a   Stefansson, Kari ^a   more..

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLEASON SCORE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ICELAND; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745169697     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1808     Document Type: Article

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