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Novel germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in Turkish women with breast and/or ovarian cancer and their relatives.
Cancer investigation - 1 Jan 2000
Egeli Unal, Cecener Gulsah, Tunca Berrin, Tasdelen Ismet
Abstract excerpt
BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations in patients with breast and/or ovarian cancer have been not characterized in the Turkish population until now. A total of 87 female subjects from two sets of families (38 families total) provided blood samples from which DNA was extracted. All coding exons of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes were screened for mutations with heteroduplex analysis and sequencing. Fourteen of the families (49...
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