Communication with close and distant relatives in the context of genetic testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in cancer patients.

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Published in Am J Med Genet A on January 01, 2003

Authors

Erna Claes1, Gerry Evers-Kiebooms, Andrea Boogaerts, Marleen Decruyenaere, Lieve Denayer, Eric Legius

Author Affiliations

1: Psychosocial Genetics Unit, Center for Human Genetics, Leuven, Belgium.

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