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Identification of a recurrent BRCA1 mutation in German breast-cancer and/or ovarian-cancer families.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 Jan 2001
Hofmann W, Jandrig B, Classen E, Nestle-Kraemling C, Chang-Claude J, Scherneck S
Abstract excerpt
Specific BRCA1 mutations have been reported to be common within particular populations. We have investigated German breast- and/or ovarian-cancer families and detected a recurrent carboxy-terminal BRCA1 mutation, 5622C > T, using PCR-based restriction assay and haplotype analysis. Unrelated families carrying this BRCA1 mutation shared two different disease-associated haplotypes, indicating two independent...
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