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BRCA1 R841W: a strong candidate for a common mutation with moderate phenotype.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1996
Barker D F, Almeida E R, Casey G, Fain P R, Liao S Y, Masunaka I, Noble B, Kurosaki T, Anton-Culver H
Abstract excerpt
BRCA1 mutations cause increased risk for breast and ovarian cancer, frequently of early onset. Many different mutations occur in BRCA1, including several examples of recurrent mutations, each of which accounts for a significant number of families with heritable cancer predisposition. These common mutations have an etiological role in many breast and ovarian cancer cases and provide the opportunity to examine...
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