Mutation analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in a male breast cancer population

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 313-319

  Friedman, Lori S ^a,d   Gayther, Simon A ^a   Kurosaki, Tom ^b   Gordon, Debbi ^b   Noble, Barbara ^b   Casey, Graham ^c   Ponder, Bruce A J ^a   Anton Culver, Hoda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE BREAST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; GENES, BRCA1; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031018551     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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