Males at-risk for the BRCA1-gene, the psychological impact

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-257

  De Dudok Wit, A C ^a   Tibben, A ^a,b   Frets, P G ^a,b   Meijers Heijboer, E J ^a,b   Devilee, P ^a,b   Niermeijer, M F ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY; ONCOGENE;

EID: 0029840638     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199609)5:3<251::AID-PON225>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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