Two double heterozygotes in a South African Afrikaner family: implications for BRCA1 and BRCA2 predictive testing
β Scribed by F Loubser; JNP de Villiers; NC van der Merwe
- Book ID
- 119981555
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 546 KB
- Volume
- 82
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-9163
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