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BRCA1 mutations and phenotype.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 Jan 1997
Grade K, Höffken K, Kath R, Nothnagel A, Bender E, Scherneck S
Abstract excerpt
More than 100 mutations have been described for the breast-cancer-susceptibility gene BRCA1. The paper describes phenotypical aspects of three selected mutations located at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of the gene. A remarkable decrease of the age of diagnosis of the mammary carcinoma is observed with increasing length of the putative gene product, combined with greater severity of the disease.
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