Polygenic susceptibility to breast cancer and implications for prevention

Nature Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-36

  Pharoah, Paul D P ^a   Antoniou, Antonis ^a   Bobrow, Martin ^b   Zimmern, Ron L ^a   Easton, Douglas F ^a   Ponder, Bruce A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ONCOGENE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036578764     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng853     Document Type: Article

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