The prevalence of BRCA1 mutations in Chinese patients with early onset breast cancer and affected relatives

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 538-542

  Sng, J H ^a   Chang, J ^a,c   Feroze, F ^a   Rahman, N ^b   Tan, W ^a   Lim, S ^a   Lehnert, M ^a   Van Der Pool, S ^a   Wong, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Baylor Breast Center   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA1; Breast cancer; Chinese

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BREAST CANCER; CHINESE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; ONCOGENE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0033965408     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.0960     Document Type: Article

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