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SUBMITTER: Freedman ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1196436 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Freedman Matthew L ML Pearce Celeste L CL Penney Kathryn L KL Hirschhorn Joel N JN Kolonel Laurence N LN Henderson Brian E BE Altshuler David D
American journal of human genetics 20041129 1
Repeat length of the CAG microsatellite polymorphism in exon 1 of the androgen receptor (AR) gene has been associated with risk of prostate cancer in humans. This association has been the focus of >20 primary epidemiological publications and multiple review articles, but a consistent and reproducible association has yet to be confirmed. We systematically addressed possible causes of false-negative and false-positive association in >4,000 individuals from a multiethnic, prospective cohort study o ...[more]