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Genetic counselling, BRCA1/2 status and clinico-pathologic characteristics of patients with ovarian cancer before 50 years of age

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|Mar 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raon-2017-0013 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 187 - 194
Submitted on: Nov 1, 2016
Accepted on: Jan 13, 2017
Published on: Mar 16, 2017
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year

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