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Height and Bone Mineral Density Are Associated with Naevus Count Supporting the Importance of Growth in Melanoma Susceptibility

Naevus count is the strongest risk factor for melanoma. Body Mass Index (BMI) has been linked to melanoma risk. In this study, we investigate the link between naevus count and height, weight and bone mineral density (BMD) in the TwinsUK cohort (N = 2119). In addition we adjusted for leucocyte telome...

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Autores principales: Ribero, Simone, Glass, Daniel, Aviv, Abraham, Spector, Timothy David, Bataille, Veronique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4303431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25612317
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116863