BRCA1 and BRCA2: Penetrating the clinical arena

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9137, 1998, Pages 1325-1326

  Foulkes, W D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032564238     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)60738-6     Document Type: Note

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