ASIP and TYR pigmentation variants associate with cutaneous melanoma and basal cell carcinoma

Nature Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 886-891

  Gudbjartsson, Daniel F ^a   Sulem, Patrick ^a   Stacey, Simon N ^a   Goldstein, Alisa M ^b   Rafnar, Thorunn ^a   Sigurgeirsson, Bardur ^c   Benediktsdottir, Kristrun R ^c   Thorisdottir, Kristin ^c   Ragnarsson, Rafn ^c   Sveinsdottir, Steinunn G ^d   Magnusson, Veronica ^e   Lindblom, Annika ^f   Kostulas, Konstantinos ^e   Botella Estrada, Rafael ^g   Soriano, Virtudes ^g   Juberías, Pablo ^h   Grasa, Matilde ^h   Saez, Berta ⁱ   Andres, Raquel ^h   Scherer, Dominique ^j   Rudnai, Peter ^k   Gurzau, Eugene ^l   Koppova, Kvetoslava ^m   Kiemeney, Lambertus A ^n,o   Jakobsdottir, Margret ^a   Steinberg, Stacy ^a   Helgason, Agnar ^a   Gretarsdottir, Solveig ^a   Tucker, Margaret A ^b   Mayordomo, José I ^h   Nagore, Eduardo ^g   Kumar, Rajiv ^j   Hansson, Johan ^e   Olafsson, Jon H ^c   Gulcher, Jeffrey ^a   Kong, Augustine ^a   Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur ^a   Stefansson, Kari ^a   more..

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^d Clinical Research Centre   (Iceland)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

ⁱ Health Science Institute   (Spain)

^j GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^l Environmental Health Center   (Romania)

^m State Health Institute   (Slovakia)

ⁿ Integraal Kankercentrum Oost   (Netherlands)

^o RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE COLOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 45549097424     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.161     Document Type: Article

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