Four pairs of siblings with acute leukemia during 1966-1985 in the Nordic countries: indication of an elevated familial risk?
Four pairs of siblings with acute leukemia in the Nordic countries during 1966-1985 are reported. The national data indicate that the risk of leukemia is 5.9 times greater in siblings of children with leukemia.
Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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M
Perkkiö
S O
SO
Lie
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H
Ekelund
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J
Rajantie
M
M
Yssing
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Läärä
M A
MA
Siimes
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D012306:Risk; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries / Q000453:epidemiology