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Cancer in patients with motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease: record linkage studies.

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk of cancer before and after the diagnosis of motor neuron disease (MND), multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS: Analysis of statistical database of linked statistical abstracts of hospital and mortality data in an area in southern England. RESULTS: Only people with PD showed a significant difference in the overall incidence of cancer compared with controls (rate ratio (RR) 0.76, 95% CIs 0.70 to 0.82 before PD; RR 0.61, 0.53 to 0.70, afte...

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10.1136/jnnp.2009.175463

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Population Health
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Clinical Neurosciences
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Population Health
Role:
Author
Journal:
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry More from this journal
Volume:
81
Issue:
2
Pages:
215-221
Publication date:
2010-02-01
DOI:
EISSN:
1468-330X
ISSN:
0022-3050
Language:
English
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pubs:162813
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uuid:ea018747-c323-4653-8f80-d9a0dd5d5dc0
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pubs:162813
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162813
Deposit date:
2012-12-19

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