Impact of atopy on risk of glioma: a Mendelian randomisation study

Impact of atopy on risk of glioma: a Mendelian randomisation study

Abstract Background An inverse relationship between allergies with glioma risk has been reported in several but not all epidemiological observational studies. We performed an analysis of genetic variants associated with atopy to assess the relationship with glioma risk using Mendelian randomisation...

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Main Authors: Linden Disney-Hogg, Alex J. Cornish, Amit Sud, Philip J. Law, Ben Kinnersley, Daniel I. Jacobs, Quinn T. Ostrom, Karim Labreche, Jeanette E. Eckel-Passow, Georgina N. Armstrong, Elizabeth B. Claus, Dora Il’yasova, Joellen Schildkraut, Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, Sara H. Olson, Jonine L. Bernstein, Rose K. Lai, Minouk J. Schoemaker, Matthias Simon, Per Hoffmann, Markus M. Nöthen, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Stephen Chanock, Preetha Rajaraman, Christoffer Johansen, Robert B. Jenkins, Beatrice S. Melin, Margaret R. Wrensch, Marc Sanson, Melissa L. Bondy, Richard S. Houlston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Mendelian randomisation
Allergy
Cancer
Glioma
Risk
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1027-5

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