A hypothesis-generating search for new genetic breast cancer syndromes--a national study in 803 Swedish families.

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Published in Hered Cancer Clin Pract on March 15, 2007

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Anna von Wachenfeldt1, Annika Lindblom, South Swedish Oncogenetic Study Group, Henrik Grönberg, Zakaria Einbeigi, Richard Rosenquist, Camilla Gardman, Lennart Iselius

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1: Department of Oncology, Karolinska University Hospital, Sodersjukhuset, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. anna.vonwachenfeldt-vappling@karolinska.se

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