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RTEL1 and TERT polymorphisms are associated with astrocytoma risk in the Chinese Han population.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Dec 2013
Jin Tian-Bo, Zhang Jia-Yi, Li Gang, Du Shu-Li, Geng Ting-Ting, Gao Jing, Liu Qian-Ping, Gao Guo-Dong, Kang Long-Li, Chen Chao, Li Shan-Qu
Abstract excerpt
Common variants of multiple genes play a role in glioma onset. However, research related to astrocytoma, the most common primary brain neoplasm, is rare. In this study, we chose 21 tagging SNPs (tSNPs), previously reported to be associated with glioma risk in a Chinese case-control study from Xi'an, China, and identified their contributions to astrocytoma susceptibility. We found an association with astrocytoma...
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