Germline homeobox B13 (HOXB13) G84E mutation and prostate cancer risk in european descendants: A meta-analysis of 24 213 cases and 73 631 controls

European Urology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 173-176

  Shang, Zhiqun ^a   Zhu, Shimiao ^a   Zhang, Hui ^b   Li, Lihua ^b   Niu, Yuanjie ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CANGZHOU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOXB13 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMBASE; EUROPE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UNITED STATES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84878859598     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2013.03.007     Document Type: Letter

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