German family study on hereditary breast-ovarian cancer

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 633-635

  Hamann, Ute ^a   Becher, Heiko ^a   Zimmermann, Thomas ^a   Pella, Kristina ^a   Bastert, Gunther ^b   Chang Claude, Jenny ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BRCA1; BRCA2; Breast ovarian cancer; Linkage analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029766202     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.33.8.633     Document Type: Article

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