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The incidence of leukemias in children and their clustering in space and time in South Moravian Province, Czechoslovakia

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In South Moravian Province, Czechoslovakia, 104 cases of childhood leukaemia were observed. The study is a review of all the cases in this territory in 1960–1968.

The incidence of acute leukaemia in children in our country does not differ from the amounts quoted by other authors. The significant clustering was found which was excessive for the range of the distance 0–12 km both for the time intervals 0–1 year and 0–2 years.

Considerations about any cytological similarity of the accumulated cases have no justification, the cytological characteristics of all cases being coincident in a high degree.

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In der südmährischen Provinz der Tschechoslowakei wurden während der Jahre 1960–1968 104 Fälle von Leukämieerkrankung bei Kinder beobachtet. Die Studie stellt eine Übersicht aller Fälle auf diesem Gebiet dar.

Das Vorkommen akuter Leukämie in unserem Land unterscheidet sich zahlenmäßig nicht von Angaben anderer Autoren. Es wurde eine signifikante Anhäufung der Erkrankungen in Zeit und Raum festgestellt; diese Anhäufung war am deutlichsten im Abstand von 0–12 km und in der Zeitspanne von 0–1 und 0–2 Jahren. Überlegungen über etwaige zytologische Ähnlichkeiten der angehäuften Fälle sind nicht gerechtfertigt; die zytologische Charakteristik aller Fälle war in hohem Maße übereinstimmend.

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  1. Zahálková M.

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    O. Bílek, A. Kubíková & M. Běluša

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Zahálková, M., Bílek, O., Kubíková, A. et al. The incidence of leukemias in children and their clustering in space and time in South Moravian Province, Czechoslovakia. Blut 21, 180–185 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01675275

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