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Br J Ophthalmol 84:1170-1172 doi:10.1136/bjo.84.10.1170
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    • Clinical science

At what age could screening for familial retinoblastoma be stopped? A register based study 1945–98

Table 1

Overview of the literature of the age at diagnosis of familial retinoblastoma

Article n= Years Age at diagnosis (months)
Mean Median Range
Matsunaga, 19768 30 ? 10.2 ? 0–39 bilateral
19 ? 19.0 ? ?–48 unilateral
Draper, 19929 108 1962–1985 7.2 5 0–47 bilateral
41 1962–1985 20.3 15 0–119 unilateral
Abramson, 1998 10 21 1960–1990 ? 5.5 1–28
Moll, 1999 50 1945–1998 4.9 1.9 0–48
  • n = number of familial patients;

  • only patients screened from birth.

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