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Rashid, M.U., Torres, D., Zaidi, A. et al. No association between BRCA mutations and sex ratio in offspring of Pakistani BRCA mutation carriers. Breast Cancer Res Treat 107, 155–156 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-007-9521-z
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