## Abstract Our aim was to estimate the prevalence of mutations in the __BRCA1__ and __BRCA2__ genes among unselected incident cases of breast cancer in young women. We identified 158 incident breast cancer cases diagnosed before age 46 years in predefined geographic areas in Girona and Tarragona,
Prevalence of Germline Mutations in Patients with Pheochromocytoma or Abdominal Paraganglioma and Sporadic Presentation: A Population-Based Study in Western Sweden
✍ Scribed by Muth, Andreas; Abel, Frida; Jansson, Svante; Nilsson, Ola; Ahlman, Håkan; Wängberg, Bo
- Book ID
- 113027376
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 238 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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