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Highly increased familial risks for specific lymphoma subtypes.
British journal of haematology - 1 Jun 2009
Goldin Lynn R, Björkholm Magnus, Kristinsson Sigurdur Y, Turesson Ingemar, Landgren Ola
Abstract excerpt
Studies have shown that familial risk contributes to aetiology of lymphomas. Using large population registries from Sweden, we evaluated risk of lymphoma subtypes among first-degree relatives of 2668 follicular lymphoma (FL) patients, 2517 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients, and 6963 Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) patients compared to first-degree relatives of controls. Relatives were at the highest risk for...
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