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Linkage of aggressive prostate cancer to chromosome 7q31-33 in German prostate cancer families.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2003
Paiss Thomas, Wörner Sonja, Kurtz Florian, Haeussler Juergen, Hautmann Richard E, Gschwend Juergen E, Herkommer Kathleen, Vogel Walther
Abstract excerpt
It has been suggested that chromosome 7q32 contains genes that influence the progression of prostate cancer from latent to invasive disease. In an attempt to confirm this linkage to prostate cancer aggressiveness, 100 German prostate cancer families were genotyped using a panel of eight polymorphic markers on chromosome 7q. We used a multipoint allele sharing method based upon a likelihood ratio test implemented...
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