Different Tumor Types from BRCA2 Carriers Show Wild-Type Chromosome Deletions on 13q12-q13

Cancer Research

Volumn 55, Issue 21, 1995, Pages 4830-4832

  Gudmundsson, Julius ^a   Johannesdottir, Gudrun ^a   Bergthorsson, Jon Thor ^a   Arason, Adalgeir ^a   Ingvarsson, Sigurdur ^a   Egilsson, Valgardur ^a   Barkardottir, Rosa Björk ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FAMILY; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION 13; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0028819984     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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