Genetic susceptibility for chronic lymphocytic leukemia among Chinese in Hong Kong

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 492-495

  Lan, Qing ^a   Au, Wing Yan ^b   Chanock, Stephen ^a   Tse, Jovic ^b   Wong, Kit fai ^c   Shen, Min ^a   Siu, L P ^c   Yuenger, Jeff ^a   Yeager, Meredith ^a   Hosgood III, Howard Dean ^a   Purdue, Mark P ^a   Liang, Raymond ^b   Rothman, Nathaniel ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Genetic polymorphism

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4;

ACOXL GENE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SP140 GENE;

ALLELES; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 78349240663     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2010.01518.x     Document Type: Article

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