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Linkage mapping in familial breast cancer: improved localisation of a susceptibility locus on chromosome 17q12-21.
International journal of cancer - 21 Jan 1993
Porter D E, Cohen B B, Wallace M R, Carothers A, Steel C M
Abstract excerpt
Fifteen pedigrees with a total of 75 cases of breast cancer, 10 of ovarian cancer and 53 of other cancers have been collected. Polymorphic markers on chromosome 17q have been screened to locate a putative breast-cancer gene using DNA from relevant individuals within these families. Pairwise LOD scores have been calculated for markers CMM86, NM23, 42D6 and MFD188. The maximal summated LOD for the 15 families is...
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