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Esther M. John

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  • A genome-wide linkage study of mammographic density, a risk factor for breast cancer.

    Greenwood CM, Paterson AD, Linton L, Andrulis IL, Apicella C, Dimitromanolakis A, Kriukov V, Martin LJ, Salleh A, Samiltchuk E, Parekh RV, Southey MC, John EM, Hopper JL, Boyd NF, Rommens JM. Breast Cancer Res. 2011; 13 (6): R132

    Mammographic breast density is a highly heritable (h2 > 0.6) and strong risk factor for breast cancer. We conducted a genome-wide linkage study to identify loci influencing mammographic breast density (MD).

    PubMedID: 22188651

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