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Caution regarding genotyping methodology for a tri-allelic polymorphism in the novel breast cancer susceptibility gene NQO2

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This research is supported by grants from the National Basic Research Program of China (2006CB910501), the Shanghai Science and Technology Committee (06DJ14004, 06DZ19504), Shanghai Municipal Natural Science Foundation (07ZR14025) and the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (2008–2010).

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    Ke-Da Yu, Gen-Hong Di, Lei Fan, Zhen Hu, Ao-Xiang Chen & Zhi-Ming Shao

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Yu, KD., Di, GH., Fan, L. et al. Caution regarding genotyping methodology for a tri-allelic polymorphism in the novel breast cancer susceptibility gene NQO2. Breast Cancer Res Treat 118, 647–649 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-009-0431-0

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