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LEUKAEMIA AND THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES
Author(s) -
Leavesley G. M.,
Dougan L.,
Woodliff H. J.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1969.tb107424.x
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , medicine , epidemiology , rheumatic disease , pediatrics , disease , physics , optics
Eighteen per cent of patients registered during the period 1959 to 1963 with leukæmia and allied disorders had a past history of a rheumatic condition. This incidence is low when compared with other epidemiological surveys of rheumatic diseases, and does not support the concept of a relationship between these conditions.