German populations with infrequent CHEK2*1100delC and minor associations with early-onset and familial breast cancer
✍ Scribed by Muhammad U. Rashid; Anna Jakubowska; Christina Justenhoven; Volker Harth; Beate Pesch; Christian Baisch; Christiane B. Pierl; Thomas Brüning; Yon Ko; Axel Benner; Heinz-Erich Wichmann; Hiltrud Brauch; Ute Hamann
- Book ID
- 116428621
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 193 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-8049
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