Sporadic breast cancer among relatives of BRCA mutation carriers [2]

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 655-656

  Allweis, Tanir M ^a   Sagi, Michal ^a   Peretz, Tamar ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LETTER; ONCOGENE;

EID: 28744444881     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gim.0000187155.63849.85     Document Type: Letter

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