The contribution of founder mutations in BRCA1 to breast cancer in Belarus
✍ Scribed by N Uglanitsa; O Oszurek; K Uglanitsa; E Savonievich; J Lubiński; C Cybulski; T Debniak; SA Narod; J Gronwald
- Book ID
- 110889046
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 510 KB
- Volume
- 78
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-9163
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