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. 1992 Jul;66(1):5–9. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1992.208

Ataxia telangiectasia genes and predisposition to leukaemia, lymphoma and breast cancer.

A M Taylor
PMCID: PMC1977885  PMID: 1637676

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