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CDKN2A common variants and their association with melanoma risk: a population-based study.
Cancer research - 1 Feb 2005
Debniak Tadeusz, Scott Rodney J, Huzarski Tomasz, Byrski Tomasz, Rozmiarek Andrzej, Debniak Bogusław, Załuga Elzbieta, Maleszka Romuald, Kładny Józef, Górski Bohdan, Cybulski Cezary, Gronwald Jacek, Kurzawski Grzegorz, Lubinski Jan
Abstract excerpt
The population frequencies of the CDKN2A variants remain undetermined. In Poland there are three common variants of CDKN2A: an alanine to threonine substitution (A148T), Nt500c>g and Nt540c>t, which have been detected in other populations. To establish if they are associated with an increased malignant melanoma (MM) risk we did an association study based on genotyping 471 patients with MM and 1,210 random control...
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