Colorectal cancer risk is not associated with increased levels of homozygosity in Saudi Arabia

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 720-728

  Siraj, Abdul K ^a   Khalak, Hanif G ^a   Sultana, Mehar ^a   Al Rasheed, Maha ^a   Bavi, Prashant ^a   Al Sanea, Nasser ^a   Al Dayel, Fouad ^a   Uddin, Shahab ^a   Alkuraya, Fowzan S ^a   Al Kuraya, Khawla S ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; homozygosity; risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; SAUDI ARABIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84864673541     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: 15300366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gim.2012.27     Document Type: Article

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