Chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease shares genetic background with esophageal adenocarcinoma and Barrett's esophagus

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 828-835

  Gharahkhani, Puya ^a   Tung, Joyce ^c   Hinds, David ^c   Mishra, Aniket ^a,d   Vaughan, Thomas L ^e   Whiteman, David C ^b   MacGregor, Stuart ^a   Gammon, Marilie D ^c   Corley, Douglas A ^c   Shaheen, Nicholas J ^c   Bird, Nigel C ^c   Hardie, Laura J ^c   Murray, Liam J ^c   Reid, Brian J ^c   Chow, Wong Ho ^c   Risch, Harvey A ^c   Ye, Weimin ^c   Liu, Geoffrey ^c   Romero, Yvonne ^c   Bernstein, Leslie ^c   Wu, Anna H ^c   more..

^a Statistical Genetics Laboratory   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c 23 and Me ^*

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC BACKGROUND; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADENOCARCINOMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC BACKGROUND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85017053949     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv512     Document Type: Article

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