Melanoma susceptibility variants on chromosome 20q11.22 are associated with pigmentary traits and the risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 461-463

  Nan, H ^a,b   Qureshi, A A ^b,c   Han, J ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma susceptibility variants; Pigmentary traits; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMOSOME 20Q; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOMA; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MELANOMA; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 74349106924     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09579.x     Document Type: Letter

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