Congenital anomalies in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and in their family

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 350-352

  Infante Rivard, Claire ^a,b   Amre, Devendra Krishna ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital abnormalities; Leukaemia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SIBLING;

EID: 0035022258     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.2.350     Document Type: Article

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