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Science 2 April 1965:
Vol. 148. no. 3666, pp. 98 - 100
DOI: 10.1126/science.148.3666.98
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Leukemia in Husbands and Wives

Samuel Milham Jr. 1

1 New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York 12208

Study of the death certificates of 876 spouses of widows and widowers who died of leukemia revealed that seven of the spouses also died of leukemia. However, five cases of leukemia were identified among matched controls of the spouses. The incidence of leukemia in husbands and wives of individuals who die of leukemia is not significantly greater than that of a control group. This is consistent with the hypothesis that adult leukemia is not contagious in the usual sense.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia and Acute Aplastic Anemia: The Simultaneous Occurrence in Marital Partners.
F. M. Stewart and C. E. Hess (1983)
Arch Intern Med 143, 1156-1158
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"Leukemia Houses".
R. W. MILLER and J. F. FRAUMENI JR. (1967)
Ann Intern Med 67, 674-676
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