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Hereditary prostate cancer: a new piece of the puzzle

Nature Medicine volume 7, pages 153–155 (2001)Cite this article

An eagerly awaited prostate cancer susceptibility gene has been announced. But does the candidate live up to expectations?

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Figure 1: Chromosomal localization of putative prostate cancer susceptibility genes.

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