WRN, WRN RecQ like helicase, 7486

N. diseases: 172; N. variants: 89
Disease: melanoma ×
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma 		0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The high frequency of thyroid cancer and melanoma in Japanese, not found in Caucasians, may be related to a report of linkage disequilibrium with the WRN gene in Japanese but not in Caucasians and to haplotype differences within and between the two races, suggesting multiple independent mutations. 8722214 1996