From gene to disease: From BRCA1 or BRCA2 to breast cancer;Van gen naar ziekte; van BRCA1 of BRCA2 naar mammacarcinoom

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 144, Issue 53, 2000, Pages 2549-2551

  Devilee, P ^a   Tollenaar, R A E M ^a   Cornelisse, C J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HETEROZYGOTE; PROPHYLAXIS; SHORT SURVEY;

BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENETIC SCREENING; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NETHERLANDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034736539     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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