BRCA1-positive patients are small for gestational age compared with their unaffected relatives

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 368-371

  Jernstrom H ^a   Johannsson, O ^a   Borg, A ^a   Ivarsson, H ^a   Olsson, H ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth length; Birth weight; BRCA1

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BRCA1 PROTEIN; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0032007141     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)10088-0     Document Type: Article

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