Prevalence ofBRCA1andBRCA2mutations among clinic-based African American families with breast cancer
β Scribed by Qing Gao; Gail Tomlinson; Soma Das; Shelly Cummings; Lise Sveen; James Fackenthal; Phil Schumm; Olufunmilayo I. Olopade
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 64 KB
- Volume
- 107
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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