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Allergy and glioma risk: test of association by genotype.
International journal of cancer - 1 Apr 2011
Dobbins Sara E, Hosking Fay J, Shete Sanjay, Armstrong Georgina, Swerdlow Anthony, Liu Yanhong, Yu Robert, Lau Ching, Schoemaker Minouk J, Hepworth Sarah J, Muir Kenneth, Bondy Melissa, Houlston Richard S
Abstract excerpt
Although epidemiological studies have suggested an association between atopy and glioma risk, these observations have been based on self-reporting of allergic conditions raising the possibility that associations may be noncausal and arise as a consequence of bias, reverse causation or other artifacts. Genetic information provides an alternative approach to investigate the relationship avoiding such biases. We...
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