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Genetic variants within 17q12 are associated with the risk of cervical cancer in the Han Chinese population.
Gene - 15 Dec 2018
Hu Lingmin, Jia Meiqun, Zhou Jing, Ma Hongxia, Jin Guangfu, Li Ni, Hang Dong, Hu Zhibin
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome 4q12 and 17q12 have been identified as two regions associated with susceptibility to cervical cancer in a genome-wide association study. To identify potential causal variants within these two regions, we conducted a case-control study including 1486 patients with cervical cancer and 1536 age-matched (±5 years) healthy controls. Based on RegulomeDB database, 12 potentially functional variants were...
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