The clinical value of microsatellite instability and a loss in heterozygosity in sporadic breast cancers

Breast Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 234-238

  Iwase, Hirotaka ^a   Iwata, Hiroji ^a   Toyama, Tatsuya ^a   Hara, Yasuo ^a   Omoto, Yoko ^a   Ando, Yoshiaki ^a   Nakamura, Takaaki ^a   Kobayashi, Shunzo ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Loss of heterozygosity; Microsatellite instability; Sporadic breast cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863229955     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02966512     Document Type: Conference Paper

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