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Protein truncating BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in African women with pre-menopausal breast cancer

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  1. Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine and Committees on Genetics and Cancer Biology, University of Chicago, 60637, IL, Chicago, USA

    Olufunmilayo I. Opolade, Qing Gao, James Fackenthal & Lise Sveen

  2. College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

    Clement A. Adebamowo & Adeyinka G. Falusi

  3. Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, IL, USA

    Soma Das

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Opolade, O.I., Gao, Q., Adebamowo, C.A. et al. Protein truncating BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in African women with pre-menopausal breast cancer. Hum Genet 107, 192–194 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004390000342

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