BRCA testing in Serbia and Montenegro

Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-14

  Brankovic Magic, Mirjana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ONCOLOGY AND RADIOLOGY OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing; HBOC

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; DNA; ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; FAMILIAL CANCER; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PENETRANCE; RISK FACTOR; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 33645747809     PISSN: 17312302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1897-4287-4-1-12     Document Type: Article

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