A characterization of genetic haplotypes in BRCA1 identifies linkage disequilibrium with a novel polymorphism in intron 7

Gene Therapy and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-180

  Salgado, Josefa ^a   Gil, Carmen ^a   Robles, Maitane ^a   Gutierrez, Cristina ^a   Reyna, Carmen ^b   García Foncillas, Jesús ^a,b  

^a Clinical Genetics Unit   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

BRCA1 haplotypes; BRCA1 novel polymorphism; Breast cancer; Linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649110542     PISSN: 15299120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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