Common genetic variation contributes significantly to the risk of developing chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Haematologica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Di Bernardo, Maria Chiara ^a   Broderick, Peter ^a   Catovsky, Daniel ^b   Houlston, Richard S ^a  

^a Division of Genetics and Epidemiology   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Common genetic variation; Heritability; Risk

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; RISK;

GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; RISK;

EID: 84874548735     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2012.072140     Document Type: Letter

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