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Joint effects between five identified risk variants, allergy, and autoimmune conditions on glioma risk.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Oct 2013
Safaeian Mahboobeh, Rajaraman Preetha, Hartge Patricia, Yeager Meredith, Linet Martha, Butler Mary Ann, Ruder Avima M, Purdue Mark P, Hsing Ann, Beane-Freeman Laura, Hoppin Jane A, Albanes Demetrius, Weinstein Stephanie J, Inskip Peter D, Brenner Alina, Rothman Nathaniel, Chatterjee Nilanjan, Gillanders Elizabeth M, Chanock Stephen J, Wang Sophia S
Abstract excerpt
Common variants in two of the five genetic regions recently identified from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of risk of glioma were reported to interact with a history of allergic symptoms. In a pooled analysis of five epidemiologic studies, we evaluated the association between the five GWAS implicated gene variants and allergies and autoimmune conditions (AIC) on glioma risk (851 adult glioma cases and...
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