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The Swedish Multi-generation Register

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Methods in Biobanking

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 675))

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The Swedish Multi-generation Register consists of data of more than nine million individuals, with information available on mothers in 97% and on fathers in 95% of index persons. Index persons are confined to those born from 1932 onwards and those alive on January 1, 1961. This register is a unique resource but is still underutilized.

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  1. Head of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

    Anders Ekbom

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  1. , Bio Banking and Molecular Resource, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 205 02, Sweden

    Joakim Dillner

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Ekbom, A. (2011). The Swedish Multi-generation Register. In: Dillner, J. (eds) Methods in Biobanking. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 675. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-423-0_10

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