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SUBMITTER: Walsh KM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4767445 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Walsh Kyle M KM Codd Veryan V Rice Terri T Nelson Christopher P CP Smirnov Ivan V IV McCoy Lucie S LS Hansen Helen M HM Elhauge Edward E Ojha Juhi J Francis Stephen S SS Madsen Nils R NR Bracci Paige M PM Pico Alexander R AR Molinaro Annette M AM Tihan Tarik T Berger Mitchel S MS Chang Susan M SM Prados Michael D MD Jenkins Robert B RB Wiemels Joseph L JL Samani Nilesh J NJ Wiencke John K JK Wrensch Margaret R MR
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Telomere maintenance has emerged as an important molecular feature with impacts on adult glioma susceptibility and prognosis. Whether longer or shorter leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is associated with glioma risk remains elusive and is often confounded by the effects of age and patient treatment. We sought to determine if genotypically-estimated LTL is associated with glioma risk and if inherited single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are associated with LTL are glioma risk factors. Using ...[more]