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A comparison of breast density measures between mothers and adolescent daughters

BACKGROUND: Based on the importance of breast density as a predictor of breast cancer risk, we examined the heritable component of breast measures in mothers and daughters using Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA). METHODS: We recruited 101 mothers ≥30 years and their daughters aged 10-16 years t...

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Autores principales: Maskarinec, Gertraud, Morimoto, Yukiko, Daida, Yihe, Shepherd, John, Novotny, Rachel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3161041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21810248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-11-330