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Familial risk factors shared by venous thromboembolism and cancer: a nationwide epidemiological study of Swedish families.
Thrombosis research - 1 Aug 2011
Zöller Bengt, Ji Jianguang, Sundquist Jan, Sundquist Kristina
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cancer and venous thromboembolism (VTE) are associated disorders. In the present nationwide study, we analyzed the risk of cancer in siblings, offspring and spouses of individuals hospitalized for VTE (and vice versa) with the aim of identifying shared familial risk factors for cancer and VTE. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The Multigeneration Register was linked to the Swedish Hospital Discharge Register and...
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