Italian family with two independent mutations: 3358T/A in BRCA1 and 8756delA in BRCA2 genes

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 210-214

  Cortesi, Laura ^a   Turchetti, Daniela ^a   Bertoni, Chiara ^a   Zanocco Marani, Tommaso ^a   Vinceti, Marco ^a   Silvestri, Chiara ^a   Federico, Massimo ^a   Silingardi, Vittorio ^a   Ferrari, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BrCa1; BrCa2; Male breast cancer; Mutational analysis; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; THYMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MALE BREAST; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037368917     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200948     Document Type: Article

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