Mutations in the BRCA1 gene: Implications of inter-population differences for predicting the risk of radiation-induced breast cancers

Genetical Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 191-198

  Chakraborty, R ^a   Sankaranarayanan, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; ONCOGENE; POPULATION GENETICS; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; JEWS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032424007     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672398003504     Document Type: Article

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