Long term mortality after a single treatment course with X-rays in patients treated for ankylosing spondylitis.
Mortality up to 1 January 1983 has been studied in 14,106 patients with ankylosing spondylitis given a single course of X-ray treatment during 1935-54. For neoplasms other than leukaemia or colon cancer, mortality was 28% greater than that of members of the general population of England and Wales, a...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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1987
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2002095/ |