BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations in Malaysian women with early-onset breast cancer without a family history

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Toh, Gaik Theng ^a   Kang, Peter ^a   Lee, Sharlene S W ^a   Lee, Daphne Shin Chi ^a   Lee, Sheau Yee ^a   Selamat, Suhaida ^a   Taib, Nur Aishah Mohd ^b   Yoon, Sook Yee ^a   Yip, Cheng Har ^b   Teo, Soo Hwang ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH INITIATIVES FOUNDATION   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GERM LINE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIAN; INTRON; MALAYSIA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BREAST TUMOR; FAMILY; GENETICS; MUTATION; ONSET AGE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALAYSIA;

EID: 44349190246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002024     Document Type: Article

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