Cholesterol-lowering genetic variants are not associated with the risk of skin cancer

Jean Claude Dusingize¹, Catherine M Olsen^{1

2}, Matthew H Law^{1

2

3}, Nirmala Pandeya^{1

4}, Rachel E Neale^{1

4}, Stuart MacGregor^{1

2}, David C Whiteman^{1

4}, Jue-Sheng Ong¹

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Population Health and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
² Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
³ School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Jean Claude Dusingize et al. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2023 Jun.

. 2023 Jun;37(6):e792-e795.

doi: 10.1111/jdv.18886. Epub 2023 Feb 16.

Jean Claude Dusingize¹, Catherine M Olsen^{1

2}, Matthew H Law^{1

2

3}, Nirmala Pandeya^{1

4}, Rachel E Neale^{1

4}, Stuart MacGregor^{1

2}, David C Whiteman^{1

4}, Jue-Sheng Ong¹

¹ Departments of Population Health and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
² Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
³ School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

No abstract available

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