Genetic polymorphisms in the tumour necrosis factor locus in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 985-987

  Takeuchi, Seisho ^a,d   Takeuchi, Naoko ^a   Tsukasaki, Kunihiro ^a   Bartram, Claus R ^b   Zimmermann, Martin ^c   Schrappe, Martin ^c   Taguchi, Hirokuni ^d   Koeffler, H Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Lymphotoxin ; Molecular epidemiology; Polymorphism; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036458732     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03964.x     Document Type: Article

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