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SUBMITTER: Jin T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4548341 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jin Tianbo T Wang Yuan Y Li Gang G Du Shuli S Yang Hua H Geng Tingting T Hou Peng P Gong Yongkuan Y
American journal of cancer research 20150615 7
<h4>Background</h4>Gliomas are the most common aggressive brain tumors and have many complex pathological types. Previous reports have discovered that genetic mutations are associated with the risk of glioma. However, it is unclear whether uniform genetic mutations exist difference between glioma and its two pathological types in the Han Chinese population.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>We evaluated 20 SNPs of 703 glioma cases (338 astrocytoma cases, 122 glioblastoma cases) and 635 controls in a ...[more]