Incidence of leukemia and other cancers in Down syndrome subjects in Israel

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 741-744

  Boker, L Keinan ^a,b   Blumstein, Tzvia ^b   Sadetzki, Siegal ^c   Luxenburg, Osnat ^d   Litvak, Irit ^d   Akstein, Edna ^b   Modan, Baruch ^d  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Down syndrome; Israel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0035452428     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.1383     Document Type: Article

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