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Risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma according to family history of haematolymphoproliferative malignancies.
International journal of epidemiology - 1 Aug 2001
Zhu K, Levine R S, Brann E A, Gu Y, Caplan L S, Hall I, Baum M K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Aetiological profiles of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) may differ depending upon whether the disease is inheritance-related or sporadic. Because familial risk (a probable surrogate of inheritance-relatedness) of NHL is influenced by haematolymphoproliferative malignancies (HLPM), we evaluated whether non-familial risk factors differ between NHL with and without a family history of HLPM, using the...
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