A common SMAD7 variant is associated with risk of colorectal cancer: evidence from a case-control study and a meta-analysis.
<h4>Background</h4>A common genetic variant, rs4939827, located in SMAD7, was identified by two recent genome-wide association (GWA) studies to be strongly associated with the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the following replication studies yielded conflicting results.<h4&g...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22457752/pdf/?tool=EBI |