Genetic variants associated with breast size also influence breast cancer risk

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Eriksson, Nicholas ^a   Benton, Geoffrey M ^a   Do, Chuong B ^a   Kiefer, Amy K ^a   Mountain, Joanna L ^a   Hinds, David A ^a   Francke, Uta ^a   Tung, Joyce Y ^a  

^a 23andMe Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; INHIBIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST SIZE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84862986175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-13-53     Document Type: Article

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