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Leukemia in Twins: Antenatal and Postnatal Factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2025

Louis Keith ,
Eric R. Brown ,
Bruce Ames ,
Michael Stotsky  and
Donald M. Keith
Louis Keith
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Department of Microbiology, The Chicago Medical School/, University of Health Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Eric R. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Department of Microbiology, The Chicago Medical School/, University of Health Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Bruce Ames
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Department of Microbiology, The Chicago Medical School/, University of Health Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Michael Stotsky
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Department of Microbiology, The Chicago Medical School/, University of Health Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Donald M. Keith
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Department of Microbiology, The Chicago Medical School/, University of Health Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Abstract

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Two factors emerged from a search for obstetric phenomena that might explain concordance of leukemia in both members of a twin pair within days or months of each other: antenatal exposure to ionizing radiation; and antenatal cojoined intrauterine circulation. In addition, antenatal tumor metastasis and chromosomal changes, antenatal or postnatal, may be contributory. Continued observation of reports should be carried out.

Type
9. Science For Twins/Twins For Science
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 25 , January 1976 , pp. 336 - 341
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1976

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