Article
Identification of the 185delAG BRCA1 mutation in a Spanish Gypsy population.
Human genetics - 1 Dec 1998
Díez O, Doménech M, Alonso M C, Brunet J, Sanz J, Cortés J, del Río E, Baiget M
Abstract excerpt
The 185delAG BRCA1 deletion occurs with a high frequency in Ashkenazi Jews. We detected this mutation in two Spanish Gypsy women (the only Gypsy participants) in an extensive study of 90 high-risk families and 160 women with early-onset breast cancer. One of these Gypsy women belonged to a high-r...
Topics
- Adult
- Breast Neoplasms
- Female
- Genes, BRCA1
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Jews
- Mutation
- Ovarian Neoplasms
- Roma
- Sequence Deletion
- Spain
