BRCA1, BRCA2, and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer gene mutations in an unselected ovarian cancer population: Relationship to family history and implications for genetic testing

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 670-677

  Rubin, S C ^a   Blackwood, M A ^a   Bandera, C ^a   Behbakht, K ^a   Benjamin, I ^a   Rebbeck, T R ^a   Boyd, J ^a   Gallion, H H ^a   Leslie, K K ^a   Runowicz, C D ^a   Hopkins, M P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA1; BRCA2; Family history; Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer mutations; Hereditary ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0031958466     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70476-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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