Genomics and breast cancer: The different levels of inherited susceptibility

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 855-856

  Beggs, Andrew D ^a   Hodgson, Shirley V ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; BRCA1 ASSOCIATED RING DOMAIN PROTEIN 1; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BRIP1; PROTEIN PALB2; RAD50 PROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ALLELE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, NEOPLASM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PENETRANCE;

EID: 67649204822     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.235     Document Type: Note

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