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Identification of two novel mammographic density loci at 6Q25.1.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 3 Jun 2015
Brand Judith S, Li Jingmei, Humphreys Keith, Karlsson Robert, Eriksson Mikael, Ivansson Emma, Hall Per, Czene Kamila
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INTRODUCTION: Mammographic density (MD) is a strong heritable and intermediate phenotype for breast cancer, but much of its genetic variation remains unexplained. We performed a large-scale genetic association study including 8,419 women of European ancestry to identify MD loci. METHODS: Participants of three Swedish studies were genotyped on a custom Illumina iSelect genotyping array and percent and absolute...
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