Genetic factors leading to chronic Epstein-Barr virus infection and nasopharyngeal carcinoma in South East China: Study design, methods and feasibility

Human Genomics

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 365-375

  Guo, Xiu Chan ^a,e   Scott, Kevin ^a   Liu, Yan ^b   Dean, Michael ^b   David, Victor ^b   Nelson, George W ^a   Johnson, Randall C ^a   Dilks, Holli H ^b   Lautenberger, James ^b   Kessing, Bailey ^a   Martenson, Janice ^b   Guan, Li ^a   Sun, Shan ^b   Deng, Hong ^c   Zheng, Yuming ^c   de The, Guy ^d   Liao, Jian ^e   Zeng, Yi ^f   O'Brien, Stephen J ^b   Winkler, Cheryl A ^a  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Cancer Institute of Wuzhou   (China)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e Cangwu Institute for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Control and Prevention   (China)

^f CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Association study; Chromosome 4; Epstein Barr virus; Microsatellite; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; SOLVENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHINA; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 4P; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS INFECTION;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 33746380907     PISSN: 14797364     EISSN: 14797364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-7364-2-6-365     Document Type: Article

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