Family-based exome-wide association study of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia among Hispanics confirms role of ARID5B in susceptibility.

We conducted an exome-wide association study of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) among Hispanics to confirm and identify novel variants associated with disease risk in this population. We used a case-parent trio study design; unlike more commonly used case-control studies, this study des...

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Main Authors: Natalie P Archer, Virginia Perez-Andreu, Ulrik Stoltze, Michael E Scheurer, Anna V Wilkinson, Ting-Nien Lin, Maoxiang Qian, Charnise Goodings, Michael D Swartz, Nalini Ranjit, Karen R Rabin, Erin C Peckham-Gregory, Sharon E Plon, Pedro A de Alarcon, Ryan C Zabriskie, Federico Antillon-Klussmann, Cesar R Najera, Jun J Yang, Philip J Lupo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5560704?pdf=render