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SUBMITTER: Karimi P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5980720 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Karimi Parisa P Birmann Brenda M BM Anderson Lesley A LA McShane Charlene M CM Gadalla Shahinaz M SM Sampson Joshua N JN Mbulaiteye Sam M SM
British journal of haematology 20180420 4
Burkitt lymphoma (BL) occurs as three subtypes: endemic BL, immunosuppression-related BL and sporadic BL. Descriptive studies of BL age-specific incidence patterns have suggested multimodal peaks near 10, 40 and 70 years of age, but the risk factors for BL at different ages are unknown. We investigated risk factors for BL in the United Kingdom among 156 BL cases and 608 matched BL-free controls identified in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) between 1992 and 2016. Associations with ...[more]