Genome-wide association study identifies a new melanoma susceptibility locus at 1q21.3

Nature Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1114-1118

  MacGregor, Stuart ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Liu, Jimmy Z ^a   Zhao, Zhen Zhen ^a   Henders, Anjali K ^a   Stark, Mitchell ^a   Schmid, Helen ^b   Holland, Elizabeth A ^b   Duffy, David L ^a   Zhang, Mingfeng ^c   Painter, Jodie N ^a   Nyholt, Dale R ^a   Maskiell, Judith A ^d   Jetann, Jodie ^e   Ferguson, Megan ^e   Cust, Anne E ^d,f   Jenkins, Mark A ^d   Whiteman, David C ^a   Olsson, Håkan ^g,ab   Puig, Susana ^h,i   Bianchi Scarrà, Giovanna ^j   Hansson, Johan ^k   Demenais, Florence ^l,m   Landi, Maria Teresa ⁿ   Dȩbniak, Tadeusz ^o   MacKie, Rona ^p   Azizi, Esther ^q   Bressac De Paillerets, Brigitte ^l,r   Goldstein, Alisa M ⁿ   Kanetsky, Peter A ^s   Gruis, Nelleke A ^t   Elder, David E ^s   Newton Bishop, Julia A ^u   Bishop, D Timothy ^u   Iles, Mark M ^u   Helsing, Per ^v   Amos, Christopher I ^w   Wei, Qingyi ^w   Wang, Li E ^w   Lee, Jeffrey E ^w   Qureshi, Abrar A ^c   Kefford, Richard F ^b   Giles, Graham G ^x   Armstrong, Bruce K ^f   Aitken, Joanne F ^e   Han, Jiali ^c,y   Hopper, John L ^d   Trent, Jeffrey M ^z,aa   Brown, Kevin M ⁿ   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Mann, Graham J ^b   Hayward, Nicholas K ^a   more..

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^k KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^l FONDATION JEAN DAUSSET CEPH   (France)

^m UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

ⁿ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^o International Hereditary Cancer Center   (Poland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^q SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^r INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^s UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^t LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^u ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^v OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^w UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^x CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^y HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^z TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^aa VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ab Lund Melanoma Group   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; UNITED STATES;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 80055002815     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.958     Document Type: Article

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