Involvement of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in breast cancer in a Western Finnish sub-population

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 239-246

  Pääkkönen, Kati ^a   Sauramo, Sanna ^a   Sarantaus, Laura ^b   Vahteristo, Pia ^b   Hartikainen, Anitta ^b   Vehmanen, Paula ^b   Ignatius, Jaakko ^c   Ollikainen, Vesa ^b   Kääriäinen, Helena ^c   Vauramo, Erkki ^d   Nevanlinna, Heli ^b   Krahe, Ralf ^a,e   Holli, Kaija ^f   Kere, Juha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Vaestoliitto   (Finland)

^d Helsinki City Health Department   (Finland)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Founder effect; Haplotype association; Isolated population; Mutation analysis

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; PENETRANCE; POPULATION GENETICS;

AGE OF ONSET; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENES, BRCA1; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PENETRANCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035138342     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2272(200102)20:2<239::AID-GEPI6>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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