Association between number of siblings and nervous system tumors suggests an infectious etiology

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1979-1983

  Altieri, Andrea ^a   Castro, Felipe ^a   Bermejo, Justo Lorenzo ^a   Hemminki, Kari ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPENDYMOMA; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NEUROBLASTOMA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33845713119     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000247036.98444.38     Document Type: Article

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