BRCA1 in special populations

Breast Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 71-75

  Struewing, Jeffery P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN;

ALLELE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW;

EID: 0031921749     PISSN: 08886008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BD-1998-101-209     Document Type: Review

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