Interpretation of genome-wide association study results

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Huo, Dezheng ^a   Olopade, Olufunmilayo I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b The University of Chicago Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

BIOINFORMATICS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; ONCOLOGY; PREDICTION; PUBLISHING; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 77958048375     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: 08909091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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