Genome-wide association and replication studies identify four variants associated with prostate cancer susceptibility

• Published in: Nature Genetics
• Main Authors: Gudmundsson, Julius, Sulem, Patrick, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F, Blondal, Thorarinn, Gylfason, Arnaldur, Agnarsson, Bjarni A, Benediktsdottir, Kristrun R, Magnusdottir, Droplaug N, Orlygsdottir, Gudbjorg, Jakobsdottir, Margret, Stacey, Simon N, Sigurdsson, Asgeir, Wahlfors, Tiina, Tammela, Teuvo, Breyer, Joan P, McReynolds, Kate M, Bradley, Kevin M, Saez, Berta, Godino, Javier, Navarrete, Sebastian, Fuertes, Fernando, Murillo, Laura, Polo, Eduardo, Aben, Katja K, van Oort, Inge M, Suarez, Brian K, Helfand, Brian T, Kan, Donghui, Zanon, Carlo, Frigge, Michael L, Kristjansson, Kristleifur, Gulcher, Jeffrey R, Einarsson, Gudmundur V, Jonsson, Eirikur, Catalona, William J, Mayordomo, Jose I, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Smith, Jeffrey R, Schleutker, Johanna, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Kong, Augustine, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Rafnar, Thorunn, Stefansson, Kari
• Other Authors: deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Pub. Co. 2009
• Subjects: DNA; DNA Replication; Disease Susceptibility; European Continental Ancestry Group; Genome; Human; Genome-Wide Association Study; Humans; Iceland; Male; Polymorphism; Single Nucleotide; Prostatic Neoplasms; Risk Factors; Sigrid
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2336/84474; https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.448

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