Descriptive epidemiology and molecular genetics of hereditary breast cancer in Costa Rica;Epidemiología descriptiva y genética molecular del cáncer de mama hereditario en Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1663-1668

  García Jiménez, Laura ^a,b   Gutiérrez Espeleta, Gustavo ^b   Narod, Steven A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Costa rica; Hereditary; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COSTA RICA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COSTA RICA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84870288889     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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