The majority of 22 Dutch high-risk breast cancer families are due to either BRCA1 or BRCA2

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 225-230

  Peelen, Tamara ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BRCA1; BRCA2; Breast cancer; Genetic heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKER GENE; NETHERLANDS; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK;

EID: 0029819184     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000472203     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Hall J, Lee M, Newman B, Morrow J, Anderson L, Huey B, King M: Linkage of early-onset familial breast cancer to chromosome 17q21. Science 1990;250:1684-1689.