Founder BRCA1/2 mutations among male patients with breast cancer in Israel [9]

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1800-1802

  Struewing, J P ^a   Coriaty, Z M ^a   Ron, E ^a   Livoff, A ^a   Konichezky, M ^a   Cohen, P ^a   Resnick, M B ^a   Lifzchiz Mercerl, B ^a   Lew, S ^a   Iscovich, J ^a  

^a Laboratory of Population Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GERM LINE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAEL; LETTER; MALE; MARKER GENE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033365067     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302678     Document Type: Letter

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