Deciphering the genetic architecture of low-penetrance susceptibility to colorectal cancer

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 5075-5082

  Whiffin, Nicola ^a   Dobbins, Sara E ^a   Hosking, Fay J ^a   Palles, Claire ^b   Tenesa, Albert ^c   Wang, Yufei ^a   Farrington, Susan M ^c   Jones, Angela M ^b   Broderick, Peter ^a   Campbell, Harry ^c   Newcomb, Polly A ^d   Casey, Graham ^e   Conti, David V ^e   Schumacher, Fred ^e   Gallinger, Steve ^f   Lindor, Noralane M ^g   Hopper, John ^h   Jenkins, Mark ^h   Dunlop, Malcolm G ^c   Tomlinson, Ian P ^b   Houlston, Richard S ^a   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 20Q; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PENETRANCE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84888182904     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt357     Document Type: Article

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