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A bias in genotyping the miR-27a rs895819 and rs11671784 variants

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Acknowledgments

We thank Ludwig Heesen, Michelle Dick, Ying Wang and Anja Schwaeger for participating in genotyping. We are grateful to Bowang Chen for statistical analyses as well as to Sandrine Tchatchou for support. The German breast cancer samples were collected within a project funded by the Deutsche Krebshilfe (Grant Number: 107054). This study was supported by the Helmholtz society, the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), EU, LSHC-CT-2004-503465 and the Dietmar-Hopp Foundation.

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  1. Helmholtz-University Group Molecular Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Rongxi Yang & Barbara Burwinkel

  2. Division Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Rongxi Yang & Barbara Burwinkel

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Yang, R., Burwinkel, B. A bias in genotyping the miR-27a rs895819 and rs11671784 variants. Breast Cancer Res Treat 134, 899–901 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-012-2140-3

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