The Jewish Ashkenazi founder mutations in the BRCA1/BRCA2 genes are not found at an increased frequency in Ashkenazi patients with prostate cancer [4]

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 921-924

  Hubert, A ^a   Peretz, T ^a   Manor, O ^a   Kaduri, L ^a   Wienberg, N ^a   Lerer, I ^a   Sagi, M ^a   Abeliovich, D ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JEW; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033358578     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302525     Document Type: Letter

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