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Convenient, nonradioactive, heteroduplex-based methods for identifying recurrent mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.
Diagnostic molecular pathology : the American journal of surgical pathology, part B - 1 Aug 1997
Mansukhani M M, Nastiuk K L, Hibshoosh H, Kularatne P, Russo D, Krolewski J J
Abstract excerpt
The ability to identify individuals who are predisposed to specific malignant tumors is a promising molecular diagnostic by-product of over two decades of intensive research into the genetic pathogenesis of human cancer. Approximately 2% of Ashkenazi Jews carry recurrent germline mutations in either the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes that may predispose these individuals to the development of breast and ovarian cancer. We...
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