Ataxia telangiectasia genes and predisposition to leukaemia, lymphoma and breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 5-9

  Taylor, A M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDITORIAL; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LEUKEMIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE;

EID: 0026637143     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1992.208     Document Type: Editorial

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