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Four separate regions on chromosome 17 show loss of heterozygosity in familial breast carcinomas.
Human genetics - 1 Mar 1993
Lindblom A, Skoog L, Andersen T I, Rotstein S, Nordenskjöld M, Larsson C
Abstract excerpt
Two genes predisposing females to autosomal dominant breast cancer are located on chromosome 17. Mutations in the p53-gene on the short arm have been shown to predispose females to early onset breast cancer in families with the rare Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Another locus on 17q (BRCA1), was found to be linked to the disease in a subset of families with breast cancer. In order to determine the involvement of tumour...
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