Skewed X chromosome inactivation and early-onset breast cancer

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-53

  Struewing, Jeffrey P ^a,d   Pineda, M A ^a   Sherman, M E ^a   Lissowska, J ^b   Brinton, L A ^a   Peplonska, B ^c   Bardin Mikolajczak, A ^b   Garcia Closas, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^c NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^d Laboratory of Population Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN HPAII; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 30744462045     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2005.033134     Document Type: Article

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