Concordance for childhood cancer in twins

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 223-229

  Buekley, Jonathan D ^a,b   Buckley, Connie M ^a,b   Breslow, Norman E ^c   Draper, Gerald J ^d   Roberson, Paula K ^e   Mack, Thomas M ^b  

^a CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Childhood Cancer Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^e ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; concordance; twin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLID TUMOR; TWIN CONCORDANCE; ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEUROBLASTOMA; REGISTRIES; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK FACTORS; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0029919743     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199604)26:4<223::AID-MPO1>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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