A novel BRCA2 mutation that segregates with breast and prostate cancer in a Spanish family
✍ Scribed by Josefa Salgado; José M. Aramendía; Cristina Gutierrez; Carmen Gil; Maitane Robles; Jesús García-Foncillas
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 164 KB
- Volume
- 121
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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