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Nelleke A. Gruis

Researcher at Leiden University Medical Center

Publications -  160
Citations -  13852

Nelleke A. Gruis is an academic researcher from Leiden University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Melanoma & CDKN2A. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 159 publications receiving 13080 citations. Previous affiliations of Nelleke A. Gruis include Loyola University Medical Center & Harvard University.

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Genome-wide association study identifies three loci associated with melanoma risk.

D. Timothy Bishop, +54 more
- 05 Jul 2009 - 
TL;DR: Despite wide variation in allele frequency, these genetic variants show notable homogeneity of effect across populations of European ancestry living at different latitudes and show independent association to disease risk.
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Melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene variants are associated with an increased risk for cutaneous melanoma which is largely independent of skin type and hair color.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the relationship of melanocortin 1 receptor gene variants, fair skin, red hair and the development of melanoma in 123 patients with cutaneous melanoma and 385 control subjects.