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Comment
. 2016 May;4(10):206.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2016.05.31.

Heritability of prostate cancer: a tale of rare variants and common single nucleotide polymorphisms

Xifeng Wu  1 , Jian Gu  1
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Heritability of prostate cancer: a tale of rare variants and common single nucleotide polymorphisms

Xifeng Wu et al. Ann Transl Med. 2016 May.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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  • The contribution of rare variation to prostate cancer heritability.
    Mancuso N, Rohland N, Rand KA, Tandon A, Allen A, Quinque D, Mallick S, Li H, Stram A, Sheng X, Kote-Jarai Z, Easton DF, Eeles RA; PRACTICAL consortium; Le Marchand L, Lubwama A, Stram D, Watya S, Conti DV, Henderson B, Haiman CA, Pasaniuc B, Reich D. Mancuso N, et al. Nat Genet. 2016 Jan;48(1):30-5. doi: 10.1038/ng.3446. Epub 2015 Nov 16. Nat Genet. 2016. PMID: 26569126 Free PMC article.

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