Lack of a relationship between the common 8q24 variant rs6983267 and risk of chronic lymphocytic leukemia [7]

Leukemia

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 438-439

  Sellick, G S ^a   Broderick, P ^a   Fielding, S ^a   Catovsky, D ^a   Houlston, R S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 39149112773     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404915     Document Type: Letter

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