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Comparison of microsatellites versus single-nucleotide polymorphisms in a genome linkage screen for prostate cancer-susceptibility Loci.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 2004
Schaid Daniel J, Guenther Jennifer C, Christensen Gerald B, Hebbring Scott, Rosenow Carsten, Hilker Christopher A, McDonnell Shannon K, Cunningham Julie M, Slager Susan L, Blute Michael L, Thibodeau Stephen N
Abstract excerpt
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men and has long been recognized to occur in familial clusters. Brothers and sons of affected men have a 2-3-fold increased risk of developing prostate cancer. However, identification of genetic susceptibility loci for prostate cancer has be...
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