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• BRCA1 sequence variations in 160 individuals referred to a breast/ovarian family cancer clinic. Institut Curie Breast Cancer Group.

  Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Laurent-Puig P, Essioux L, Pagès S, Ithier G, Ligot L, Fourquet A, Salmon RJ, Clough KB, Pouillart P, Bonaïti-Pellié C, Thomas G. Stoppa-Lyonnet D, et al. Am J Hum Genet. 1997 May;60(5):1021-30. Am J Hum Genet. 1997. PMID: 9150149 Free PMC article.
• BRCA2 in American families with four or more cases of breast or ovarian cancer: recurrent and novel mutations, variable expression, penetrance, and the possibility of families whose cancer is not attributable to BRCA1 or BRCA2.

  Schubert EL, Lee MK, Mefford HC, Argonza RH, Morrow JE, Hull J, Dann JL, King MC. Schubert EL, et al. Am J Hum Genet. 1997 May;60(5):1031-40. Am J Hum Genet. 1997. PMID: 9150150 Free PMC article.
• A high proportion of novel mutations in BRCA1 with strong founder effects among Dutch and Belgian hereditary breast and ovarian cancer families.

  Peelen T, van Vliet M, Petrij-Bosch A, Mieremet R, Szabo C, van den Ouweland AM, Hogervorst F, Brohet R, Ligtenberg MJ, Teugels E, van der Luijt R, van der Hout AH, Gille JJ, Pals G, Jedema I, Olmer R, van Leeuwen I, Newman B, Plandsoen M, van der Est M, Brink G, Hageman S, Arts PJ, Bakker MM, Devilee P, et al. Peelen T, et al. Am J Hum Genet. 1997 May;60(5):1041-9. Am J Hum Genet. 1997. PMID: 9150151 Free PMC article.
• A low proportion of BRCA2 mutations in Finnish breast cancer families.

  Vehmanen P, Friedman LS, Eerola H, Sarantaus L, Pyrhönen S, Ponder BA, Muhonen T, Nevanlinna H. Vehmanen P, et al. Am J Hum Genet. 1997 May;60(5):1050-8. Am J Hum Genet. 1997. PMID: 9150152 Free PMC article.
• Founder BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in Ashkenazi Jews in Israel: frequency and differential penetrance in ovarian cancer and in breast-ovarian cancer families.

  Levy-Lahad E, Catane R, Eisenberg S, Kaufman B, Hornreich G, Lishinsky E, Shohat M, Weber BL, Beller U, Lahad A, Halle D. Levy-Lahad E, et al. Am J Hum Genet. 1997 May;60(5):1059-67. Am J Hum Genet. 1997. PMID: 9150153 Free PMC article.
• Moderate frequency of BRCA1 and BRCA2 germ-line mutations in Scandinavian familial breast cancer.

  Håkansson S, Johannsson O, Johansson U, Sellberg G, Loman N, Gerdes AM, Holmberg E, Dahl N, Pandis N, Kristoffersson U, Olsson H, Borg A. Håkansson S, et al. Am J Hum Genet. 1997 May;60(5):1068-78. Am J Hum Genet. 1997. PMID: 9150154 Free PMC article.
• Study of a single BRCA2 mutation with high carrier frequency in a small population.

  Thorlacius S, Sigurdsson S, Bjarnadottir H, Olafsdottir G, Jonasson JG, Tryggvadottir L, Tulinius H, Eyfjörd JE. Thorlacius S, et al. Am J Hum Genet. 1997 May;60(5):1079-84. Am J Hum Genet. 1997. PMID: 9150155 Free PMC article.