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[Incidence of cancer in individuals with Down syndrome].
Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke - 10 Oct 2000
Hasle H, Clemmensen I H, Mikkelsen M
Abstract excerpt
Individuals with Down syndrome have an increased risk of leukaemia, but reliable estimates of the age-specific risk of leukaemia are lacking and very little is known about the risk of solid tumours. We identified 2814 individuals with Down syndrome from the Danish Cytogenetic Register, and linked the data to the Danish Cancer Registry. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were...
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