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Broad BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutational spectrum and high incidence of recurrent and novel mutations in the eastern Spain population

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Acknowledgments

We express our gratitude to the “Fundación para la Investigación del Hospital Universitario La Fe” for granting two contracts for Inmaculada de Juan and Sarai Palanca (Bch Sc Specialist in Clinical Analysis), which made possible their participation in this study. We also express our gratitude to the support given by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, grant PI060505, and the Generalitat Valenciana, grants AP-042/07 and EVES 100/2008.

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  1. Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Servicio de Biopatología Clínica, Escuela de Enfermería 7ª Planta, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Avda. Campanar 21, 46009, Valencia, Spain

    Eva Esteban Cardeñosa, Pascual Bolufer Gilabert, Inmaculada de Juan Jimenez, Sarai Palanca Suela & Eva Barragán González

  2. Unit of Genetic Counseling in Cancer, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain

    Isabel Chirivella González

  3. Unit of Genetic Counseling in Cancer, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain

    Ángel Segura Huerta

  4. Unit of Genetic Counseling in Cancer, Hospital General de Elche, Alicante, Spain

    Carmen Guillén Ponce

  5. Unit of Genetic Counseling in Cancer, Consorcio Hospital Provincial, Castellón, Spain

    Eduardo Martínez de Dueñas

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This study was conducted on behalf of the Group for Assessment for Hereditary Cancer of Valencian Community.

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Esteban Cardeñosa, E., Bolufer Gilabert, P., de Juan Jimenez, I. et al. Broad BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutational spectrum and high incidence of recurrent and novel mutations in the eastern Spain population. Breast Cancer Res Treat 121, 257–260 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-009-0680-y

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