Rare genetic variants and the risk of cancer.

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Published in Curr Opin Genet Dev on June 01, 2010

Authors

Walter Bodmer1, Ian Tomlinson

Author Affiliations

1: Cancer and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Weatherall Institute ofMolecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.

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