α-fetoprotein levels in maternal serum during pregnancy and maternal breast cancer incidence

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1001-1005

  Melbye, Mads ^a   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Lei, Ulrikke ^a   Nørgaard Pedersen, Bent ^a   Mouridsen, Henning T ^b   Lambe, Mats ^c   Michels, Karin B ^d  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SERUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RISK;

EID: 0034697634     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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