Multi-stage genome-wide association study identifies new susceptibility locus for testicular germ cell tumour on chromosome 3q25

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1169-1176

  Litchfield, Kevin ^a   Sultana, Razvan ^a   Renwick, Anthony ^a   Dudakia, Darshna ^a   Seal, Sheila ^a   Ramsay, Emma ^a   Powell, Silvana ^a   Elliott, Anna ^a   Warren Perry, Margaret ^a   Eeles, Rosalind ^a,b   Peto, Julian ^c   Kote jarai, Zsofia ^a   Muir, Kenneth ^d   Nsengimana, Jeremie ^e   Stratton, Michael R ^f   Easton, Douglas F ^g   Bishop, D Timothy ^e   Huddart, Robert A ^a   Rahman, Nazneen ^a,b   Turnbull, Clare ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 3Q25; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 3; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; NEOPLASM; ODDS RATIO; TESTIS TUMOR;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84922471649     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu511     Document Type: Article

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