Familial ovarian germ cell cancer: Report and review

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-46

  Stettner, Amy R ^a   Hartenbach, Ellen M ^b   Schink, Julian C ^b   Huddart, Robert ^c,d   Becker, Joanne ^a   Pauli, Richard ^a   Long, Robert ^b   Laxova, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic susceptibility; Germ cell cancers; Ovarian; Testicular

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PEDIGREE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0033531966     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990507)84:1<43::AID-AJMG9>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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