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Familial concordance of thyroid and other head and neck tumors in an irradiated cohort: analysis of contributing factors.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 May 2004
Momani Munther S, Shore-Freedman Eileen, Collins Barbara J, Lubin Jay, Ron Elaine, Schneider Arthur B
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Relatively little is known about variations in susceptibility to the effects of radiation in the general population. We have been studying 4296 individuals exposed as children to head and neck radiation. The present study was designed to evaluate the pattern of thyroid, parathyroid, salivary, and neural tumors in irradiated siblings for evidence of heritable susceptibility factors. We also wanted to determine...
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