A GWAS in uveal melanoma identifies risk polymorphisms in the CLPTM1L locus
Cancer: Risk allele identified for melanoma of the eye Researchers have discovered an important genetic risk variant linked to uveal melanoma, a rare malignant tumor of the eye. Marc-Henri Stern from Institut Curie in Paris, France, and colleagues compared more than 860,000 single DNA variants cover...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-03-01
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Series: | npj Genomic Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41525-017-0008-5 |