Population attributes affecting the prevalence of BRCA mutation carriers in epithelial ovarian cancer cases in israel.

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Published in Gynecol Oncol on June 01, 2003

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G Hirsh-Yechezkel1, A Chetrit, F Lubin, E Friedman, T Peretz, R Gershoni, S Rizel, J P Struewing, B Modan

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1: Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

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