Article
Prevalence of the STK15 F31I polymorphism and its relationship with mammographic density.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Apr 2011
Giacomazzi J, Aguiar E, Palmero E I, Schmidt A V, Skonieski G, Duarte Filho D, Bock H, Saraiva-Pereira M L, Schuler-Faccini L, Camey S A, Caleffi M, Giugliani R, Ashton-Prolla P
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have identified the single nucleotide polymorphism STK15 F31I as a low-penetrance risk allele for breast cancer, but its prevalence and risk association in the Brazilian population have not been determined. The goal of this study was to identify the frequency of this polymorphism in the Brazilian setting. Considering the high degree of admixture of our population, it is of fundamental importance...
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