Is mitochondrial DNA variation associated with sporadic breast cancer risk?

Cancer Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 623-

  Mosquera Miguel, Ana ^a   Álvarez Iglesias, Vanesa ^a   Carracedo, Ángel ^a,b,e   Salas, Antonio ^a,e   Vega, Ana ^b   Milne, Roger ^c   De León, Antonio Cabrera ^d   Benitez, Javier ^c  

^a Instituto de Medicina Legal   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^e Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; DNA STRUCTURE; ETHNICITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39049136097     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-2385     Document Type: Letter

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