High proportion of recurrent germline mutations in the BRCA1 gene in breast and ovarian cancer patients from the Prague area

BACKGROUND: Germline mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have been shown to account for the majority of hereditary breast and ovarian cancers. The purpose of our study was to estimate the incidence and spectrum of pathogenic mutations in BRCA1/2 genes in high-risk Czech families. METHODS: A total...

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Autores principales: Pohlreich, Petr, Zikan, Michal, Stribrna, Jana, Kleibl, Zdenek, Janatova, Marketa, Kotlas, Jaroslav, Zidovska, Jana, Novotny, Jan, Petruzelka, Lubos, Szabo, Csilla, Matous, Bohuslav
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1242140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16168118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/bcr1282