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Prevalence ofBRCA1andBRCA2mutations among clinic-based African American families with breast cancer

✍ Scribed by Qing Gao; Gail Tomlinson; Soma Das; Shelly Cummings; Lise Sveen; James Fackenthal; Phil Schumm; Olufunmilayo I. Olopade

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 14 KB
Volume: 109
Category: Article
ISSN: 0340-6717
DOI: 10.1007/s004390100533

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