HRAS1 rare minisatellite alleles and breast cancer in Australian women under age forty years

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 91, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 2107-2111

  Firgaira, Frank A ^a   Seshadri, Ram ^a   McEvoy, Christopher R E ^a   Dite, Gillian S ^b   Giles, Graham G ^c   McCredie, Margaret R E ^d   Southey, Melissa C ^e   Venter, Dean J ^b,e   Hopper, John L ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^d CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^e PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033572599     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/91.24.2107     Document Type: Article

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