Mortality and cancer incidence in persons with Down's syndrome, their parents and siblings

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-176

  Hermon, C ^a   Alberman, E ^b   Beral, V ^a   Swerdlow, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOWN SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTHER; PARENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0035023396     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480001008508     Document Type: Article

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