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[Penetrance of BRCA1 gene mutation and DNA mitochondrial in Tunisian breast cancer occurrence].
La Tunisie medicale - 1 Aug 2009
Troudi Wafa, Loueslati Besma, Baccar Amal, Ben Ayed Farhat, Ben Ammar El Gaaied Amel
Abstract excerpt
AIM: The aim of this study is to evaluate the implication of BRCA1 gene and the mitochondrial micro satellite (situated between 303 and 315 positions) mutations in the occurrence of breast cancer in Tunisia. METHODS: Nine Tunisian patients with hereditary breast cancer have been analyzed. For each patient, total genomic DNA was extracted and used as a template for the amplification of 24 exons of the BRCA1 gene...
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