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Zikan, M., Janatova, M., Pavlista, D. et al. High frequency of BRCA1/2 and p53 somatic inactivation in sporadic ovarian cancer. J Genet 86, 169–171 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-007-0022-y
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