Why is acute leukemia more common in males? A possible sex-determined risk linked to the ABO blood group genes

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 233-236

  Jackson, Nicholas ^a,b   Menon, B S ^a   Zarina, W ^a   Zawawi, N ^a   Naing, N N ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABO blood group; Acute leukemia; Genetics; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP O; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO;

EID: 0033036256     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050507     Document Type: Article

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