Article
Analysis of Swedish male breast cancer family data: a simple way to incorporate a common sibling effect.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1998
Karunaratne P M, Elston R C, Loman N, Olsson H, Ranstam J
Abstract excerpt
Based on a population-based cohort study, Olsson et al. [1993] found significant evidence for elevated incidence of breast and ovarian cancers among female first-degree relatives of men with breast cancer. Using an extension of logistic regressive models we investigate whether, after allowing for multifactorial familial correlations, single locus segregation could be the cause of the elevated incidence in these...
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