BRCA2 in american families with four or more cases of breast or ovarian cancer: Recurrent and novel mutations, variable expression, penetrance, and the possibility of families whose cancer is not attributable to BRCA1 or BRCA2

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1031-1040

  Schubert, Elizabeth L ^a   Lee, Ming K ^a   Mefford, Heather C ^a   Argonza, Rhodora H ^a   Morrow, Jan E ^a   Hull, Judy ^a   Dann, Jamie L ^a   King, Mary Claire ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CODON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOMIC LIBRARY; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; JEWS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030902559     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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