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BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation analysis in 86 early onset breast/ovarian cancer patients.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 1997
Garvin A M, Attenhofer-Haner M, Scott R J
Abstract excerpt
Eighty-six women fulfilling specific selection criteria were studied for germline mutations in two breast cancer susceptibility genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, using the protein truncation test (PTT). Nine germline mutations were identified, six in BRCA1 and three in BRCA2. Of the six BRCA1 mutations, three have previously been described and three are new, and for BRCA2, one is a new mutation and the other two appear to...
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