Familial breast cancer in Costa Rica: An initial approach

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 531-536

  Monge, Adriana Ramírez ^a   Gutiérrez Espeleta, Gustavo A ^a   Vega, Kenneth Loáiciga ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b HOSPITAL SAN JUAN DE DIOS   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Costa Rica; Epidemiology; Incidence; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MUTATION;

EID: 21044450256     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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