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Opolade, O.I., Gao, Q., Adebamowo, C.A. et al. Protein truncating BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in African women with pre-menopausal breast cancer. Hum Genet 107, 192–194 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004390000342
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