Table 2

GFRα-3 sequence variants in HSCR and control DNA samples

LocationNucleotide changeVariant allele
HSCRControl
NoFrequencyNoFrequency
5′ UTR−15C>A260.0550.01
Intron 4IVS4−30A>G250.10570.07
Intron 7IVS7+4insGG250.0500.02
  • No = number of subjects genotyped.

  • Frequency = the frequency of the rare allele in the indicated population.