The role of ataxia-telangiectasia heterozygotes in familial breast cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1376-1379

  Chen, Jindong ^a   Birkholtz, Gabriella Giesler ^a   Lindblom, Per ^a   Rubio, Carlos ^b   Lindblom, Annika ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0032054221     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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