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Polymorphisms in ghrelin and neuropeptide Y genes are associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 May 2005
Skibola Danica R, Smith Martyn T, Bracci Paige M, Hubbard Alan E, Agana Luz, Chi Shawn, Holly Elizabeth A
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We previously reported a positive association among body mass index, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in the leptin and leptin receptor genes that are involved in body weight regulation, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Polymorphisms in the ghrelin (GHRL) and neuropeptide Y (NPY) genes were examined in the same population-based case-control study of NHL to further explore the role of genes involved in energy...
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