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Identification of susceptibility loci for cervical carcinoma by genome scan of affected sib-pairs.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Nov 2006
Engelmark Malin T, Ivansson Emma L, Magnusson Jessica J, Gustavsson Inger M, Beskow Anna H, Magnusson Patrik K E, Gyllensten Ulf B
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Cervical cancer is caused by a combination of environmental and genetic risk factors. Infection by oncogenic types of human papillomavirus is recognized as the major environmental risk factor and epidemiological studies indicate that host genetic factors predispose to disease development. A numbe...
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