Germline BRCA1 185delAG mutations in Jewish women with breast cancer

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9016, 1996, Pages 1643-1645

  Offit, Kenneth ^a   Gilewski, Teresa ^a   McGuire, Peter ^a   Schluger, Alice ^a   Hampel, Heather ^a   Brown, Karen ^a   Swensen, Jeff ^b   Neuhausen, Susan ^b   Skolnick, Mark ^b,c   Norton, Larry ^a   Goldgar, David ^b,d  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Myriad Genetics Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GERM LINE; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 15844375655     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91484-1     Document Type: Article

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