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High prevalence of two BRCA1 mutations, 4154delA and 5382insC, in Latvia.
Familial cancer - 1 Jan 2005
Tikhomirova Laima, Sinicka Olga, Smite Dagnija, Eglitis Janis, Hodgson Shirley V, Stengrevics Aivars
Abstract excerpt
Our aim was to characterise the germline BRCA1 mutation profile in Latvian breast cancer and ovarian cancer patients, to develop an effective BRCA1 gene mutation detection strategy, and to document genotype-phenotype correlations in mutation carriers. The entire BRCA1 gene was analysed in 75 breast cancer and 30 ovarian cancer patients. Screening for three mutations (5382insC, 4154delA and 300T>G) was carried out...
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