BRCA1/2 testing: uptake, phenocopies, and strategies to improve detection rates in initially negative families.

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Published in Clin Genet on October 19, 2011

Authors

C Fischer1, C Engel, C Sutter, S Zachariae, R Schmutzler, A Meindl, S Heidemann, T Grimm, T O Goecke, I Debatin, D Horn, P Wieacker, D Gadzicki, K Becker, D Schäfer, F Stock, T Voigtländer, German Consortium for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 366, Heidelberg, Germany. c45sns@mun.ca

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