An association between the allele coding for a low activity variant of catechol-O-methyltransferase and the risk for breast cancer.

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• Publication year

  1997

• Venue

  Cancer Research

• Publication date

  1997-12-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  PMID 9407957
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