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SUBMITTER: Hemminki K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5301032 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hemminki K K Försti A A Sundquist K K Sundquist J J Li X X
Blood cancer journal 20170106 1
Many B-cell neoplasms are associated with autoimmune diseases (AIDs) but most evidence is based on a personal rather than a family history of AIDs. Here we calculated risks for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and multiple myeloma (MM) when family members were diagnosed with any of 44 different AIDs, or, independently, risk for AIDs when family members were diagnosed with a neoplasm. A total of 64 418 neoplasms and 531 155 AIDs were identified from Swedish nationwide health care ...[more]