High parental age is associated with sporadic hereditary retinoblastoma: The Dutch retinoblastoma register 1862-1994

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-112

  Moll, Annette C ^a   Imhof, Saskia M ^a   Kuik, D Joop ^b   Bouter, Lex M ^b   Den Otter, Willem ^c   Bezemer, P Dick ^b   Koten, Jan Willem ^c   Tan, Karel E W P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, RETINOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NETHERLANDS; PATERNAL AGE; REGISTRIES; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK;

EID: 0029929735     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050168     Document Type: Article

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