Low frequency of large genomic rearrangements of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in western Denmark

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-171

  Thomassen, Mads ^a   Gerdes, Anne Marie ^a   Cruger, Dorthe ^b   Jensen, Peter K A ^c   Kruse, Torben A ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE PROBE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 33745726046     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2005.12.016     Document Type: Article

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