Leukemia mortality after X-ray treatment for ankylosing spondylitis.

Leukemia mortality has been studied in 14,767 adult ankylosing spondylitis patients diagnosed between 1935 and 1957 in the United Kingdom, of whom 13,914 patients received X-ray treatment. By 1 January 1992, there were 60 leukemia deaths among the irradiated patients, almost treble that expected fro...

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Main Authors: Weiss, H, Darby, S, Fearn, T, Doll, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1995