BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation status and cancer family history of Danish women affected with multifocal or bilateral breast cancer at a young age

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 361-368

  Bergthorsson, J T ^a,b   Ejlertsen, B ^c   Olsen, J H ^d   Borg, A ^e   Nielsen, K V ^a   Barkardottir, R B ^b   Klausen, S ^f   Mouridsen, H T ^c   Winther, K ^a   Fenger, K ^a   Niebuhr, A ^a   Harboe, T L ^a   Niebuhr, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c FINSEN LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BRCA1; BRCA2; Breast cancer; Mutations

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENMARK; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034990616     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.38.6.361     Document Type: Article

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