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Complete mutation screening and haplotype characterization of the BRCA1 gene in 61 familial breast cancer patients from Norway.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2005
Frost Petter, Jugessur Astanand, Apold Jaran, Heimdal Ketil, Aloysius Thomas, Eliassen Aud K, Fauske Lars, Matre Guri, Eiken Hans Geir
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the Breast-Cancer-1 (BRCA1) gene are the major cause of familial breast/ovarian cancer. Among familial breast cancer only, 15-20% have been suggested to have a deleterious mutation in BRCA1. A highly sensitive method (REF-SSCP) was applied to screen the open reading frame and the 5'U...
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