Evidence of founder mutations in finnish BRCA1 and BRCA2 families [4]

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1544-1548

  Huusko, P ^a   Paakkonen, K ^a   Launonen, V ^a   Poyhonen, M ^a   Blanco, G ^a   Kauppila, A ^a   Puistola, U ^a   Kiviniemi, H ^a   Kujala, M ^a   Leisti, J ^a   Winqvist, R ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; STOP CODON;

EID: 17444447998     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301880     Document Type: Letter

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