The study goal was to determine the genetic (heritable) contribution to childhood brain tumors (CBT) which cause nearly one quarter of all childhood cancer deaths. Their etiology remains unknown, but previous studies have suggested a proportion of CBT may be heritable. In this study we collected fam
A genetic approach to fracture epidemiology in childhood
β Scribed by Brad T. Tinkle; Richard J. Wenstrup
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Volume
- 139C
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4868
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