Leukaemia mortality among relatives of cystic fibrosis patients.

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Leukaemia mortality among relatives of cystic fibrosis patients.

Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Mar 1991

al-Jader L N, West R R, Holmes J A, Meredith L, Goodchild M C, Harper P S

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A total of 219 families of patients with cystic fibrosis living in Wales were studied for the occurrence of other diseases and for cause of death, and the findings in relation to leukaemia are reported. There were eight deaths due to leukaemia, five of the myeloid type, in first and second degree...

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Adult
Aged
Child, Preschool
Chromosome Aberrations
Chromosome Disorders
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
Cystic Fibrosis
DNA
Female
Humans
Leukemia
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Leukemia, Myeloid

Male

Middle Aged

Mutation

Polymerase Chain Reaction

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