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CHEK2 1100delC is present in familial breast cancer cases of the Basque Country

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Acknowledgements

We are indebted to patients for participating in this study. We are also grateful to Noelia Viguera for her technical assistance. This work was supported by a grant number: 2003.11027, from the “Departamento de Sanidad del Gobierno Vasco”.

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  1. Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Hospital de Cruces, Plaza de Cruces s/n, 48903, Barakaldo-Bizkaia, Spain

    Cristina Martínez-Bouzas, Elena Beristain, Eva García-Alegría, Arantza Sanz-Parra & Maria-Isabel Tejada

  2. Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Txagorritxu, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

    Isabel Guerra

  3. Unidad de Patología mamaria, Hospital de Txagorritxu, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

    Javier Gorostiaga, Jose-Luis Mendizabal & Jose-Luis De-Pablo

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Martínez-Bouzas, C., Beristain, E., Guerra, I. et al. CHEK2 1100delC is present in familial breast cancer cases of the Basque Country. Breast Cancer Res Treat 103, 111–113 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-006-9351-4

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