Familial risks for childhood acute lymphocytic leukaemia in Sweden and Finland: Far exceeding the effects of known germline variants

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 585-588

  Kharazmi, Elham ^a   da Silva Filho, Miguel I ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^b,c   Sundquist, Kristina ^d   Thomsen, Hauke ^a   Hemminki, Kari ^a,d  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood acute lymphocytic leukaemia; Familial cancer; Standardized incidence ratio; Susceptibility genes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FETUS CIRCULATION; FINLAND; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM LINE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FINLAND; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869086592     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12069     Document Type: Article

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