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BRCA1 and BRCA2 founder mutations in patients with bilateral breast cancer.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2000
Gershoni-Baruch R, Dagan E, Fried G, Kepten I, Robinson E
Abstract excerpt
Bilateral breast cancer is traditionally considered an indirect indicator of inherited predisposition to cancer. To appreciate the contribution of genetic determinants to bilateral breast cancer in Jewish women we genotyped 55 such women for the three predominant mutations in BRCA1 (185delAG and 5382insC) and BRCA2 (6174delT) that account for the overwhelming majority of BRCA mutations in high-risk Jewish...
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