Preliminary sibpair linkage analysis of percent mammographic density [1]

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 91, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 1778-1779

  Vachon, Celine M ^a   King, Richard A ^b   Atwood, Larry D ^c   Kuni, Christopher C ^d   Sellers, Thomas A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME 6; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

EID: 0033589284     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/91.20.1778     Document Type: Letter

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