Insulin-like growth factor-I and binding protein-3 in relation to childhood leukaemia

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 494-496

  Petridou, Eleni ^a,b   Dessypris, Nick ^a   Spanos, Evangelos ^c   Mantzoros, Christos ^d   Skalkidou, Alkistis ^a   Kalmanti, Maria ^e   Koliouskas, Dimitrios ^f   Kosmidis, Helen ^g   Panagiotou, John P ^h   Piperopoulou, Fani ⁱ   Tzortzatou, Fotini ^h   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c International Diagnostic Centre   (Greece)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^f Ippokration Hospital Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^g P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^h AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

ⁱ ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033521877     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990209)80:4<494::AID-IJC2>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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