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BRCA1 and BRCA2 Germline Mutations in Lymphoma Patients

Orit Yossepowitch Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10021 USA
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Narciso Olvera Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10021 USA
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Jaya M. Satagopan Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10021 USA
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Helen Huang Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10021 USA
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Sabrina Jhanwar Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10021 USA
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Beth Rapaport Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10021 USA
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Jeff Boyd Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10021 USA
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Kenneth Offit Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10021 USA
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Pages 127-131 | Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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