Prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Jewish mutations in Spanish breast cancer patients

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 1302-1303

  Díez, Orland ^a   Osorio, A ^b   Robledo, M ^b   Barroso, A ^b   Domenech M ^a   Cortes J ^a   Albertos, J ^c   Sanz, J ^a   Brunet, J ^a   SanRoman J M ^b   Alonso, M C ^a   Baiget, M ^a   Benitez J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hereditary breast cancer; Jewish population; Sephardic

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

ADULT; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; JEWS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SPAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033026222     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690208     Document Type: Article

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