BRCA1 disease-associated haplotypes in Singapore Malay women with early-onset breast/ovarian cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-353

  Ali, A B ^a   Iau, P T ^b   Putti, T C ^a   Sng, J H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

BRCA1; Breast; Early onset; Haplotype; Ovarian

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCOGENE; ONSET AGE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE;

AGE OF ONSET; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENES, BRCA1; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 34547761250     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9467-6     Document Type: Letter

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