Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risks Due to Inherited Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2
โ Scribed by King, M.-C.
- Book ID
- 118150197
- Publisher
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 204 KB
- Volume
- 302
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0036-8075
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