Haplotype analysis in Icelandic and Finnish BRCA2 999del5 breast cancer families

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 773-779

  Barkardottir, Rosa B ^a   Sarantaus, Laura ^b   Arason, Adalgeir ^a   Vehmanen, Paula ^b   Bendahl, Pär Ola ^c   Kainu, Tommi ^d   Syrjäkoski, Kirsi ^d   Krahe, Ralf ^e   Huusko, Pia ^f   Pyrhönen, Seppo ^g   Holli, Kaija ^c   Kallioniemi, Olli P ^d   Egilsson, Valgardur ^a   Kere, Juha ^e   Nevanlinna, Heli ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^g TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

BRCA2; Founder mutation; Hereditary breast cancer; Mutation age estimation

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FAMILY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ICELAND; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC MARKERS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ICELAND; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE DELETION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034747772     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200717     Document Type: Article

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