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Segregation analysis of prostate cancer in Sweden: support for dominant inheritance.
American journal of epidemiology - 1 Oct 1997
Grönberg H, Damber L, Damber J E, Iselius L
Abstract excerpt
Several epidemiologic studies have shown familial aggregation of prostate cancer. To assess the nature of familial clustering of prostate cancer, a complex segregation analysis was performed on a population-based sample of 2,857 nuclear families ascertained through an affected father diagnosed with prostate cancer in Sweden during 1959-1963. The segregation analysis, using a large, unselected population of...
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