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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for BRCA1 exon 13 duplication mutation using linked polymorphic markers resulting in a live birth.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Apr 2008
Jasper Melinda J, Liebelt Jan, Hussey Nicole D
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BACKGROUND: The risk of breast cancer associated with inheriting a BRCA1 mutation is extremely high, in addition, there is a 50% chance of transmitting this familial cancer mutation to any offspring. METHODS: A 31-year-old woman with a strong maternal family history of early onset of breast cancer had experienced 3 years of primary infertility. Presymptomatic testing confirmed the woman had inherited a 6 kb...
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