Human polyomavirus DNA is not detected in Guthrie cards (dried blood spots) from children who developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 219-223

  Priftakis, Peter ^a   Dalianis, Tina ^a   Carstensen, John ^b   Samuelsson, Ulf ^b   Lewensohn Fuchs, Ilona ^a   Bogdanovic, Gordana ^a   Winiarski, Jacek ^a   Gustafsson, Britt ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BKV; Childhood ALL; Guthrie cards; JCV; PCR; Prenatal origin

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STAIN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; JC VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SWEDEN; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JC VIRUS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0037397149     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10246     Document Type: Article

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