Prevalence of the BRCA2 6174 del T mutation in Israeli uveal melanoma patients

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-44

  Iscovich, Jose ^a,d   Abdulrazik, Mohammed ^b   Cour, Carol ^c   Fischbein, Alf ^a   Pe'Er, Jacob ^b   Goldgar, David E ^c  

^a International Fertility Institute   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d Selikoff Center for Environmental Health and Human Development   (Israel)

Author keywords

BRCA; BRCA2 6174 del T; DNA mutations; Genetic epidemiology; Israel; Ocular melanoma; Uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

BRCA2 PROTEIN; DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FEMALE; GERM LINE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UVEA MELANOMA;

FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES, BRCA2; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MUTATION; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036497966     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10155     Document Type: Article

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