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Common ataxia telangiectasia mutated haplotypes and risk of breast cancer: a nested case-control study.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 1 Jan 2004
Tamimi Rulla M, Hankinson Susan E, Spiegelman Donna, Kraft Peter, Colditz Graham A, Hunter David J
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INTRODUCTION: The ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene is a tumor suppressor gene with functions in cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and repair of DNA double-strand breaks. Based on family studies, women heterozygous for mutations in the ATM gene are reported to have a fourfold to fivefold incre...
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