Molecular Oncology
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 12-15 , June 2008

SNPs associated with molecular subtypes of breast cancer: On the usefulness of stratified Genome-wide Association Studies (GWAS) in the identification of novel susceptibility loci

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doi: 10.1016/j.molonc.2008.02.003

Molecular Oncology
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 12-15 , June 2008

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