Human Parvovirus B19 DNA Is Not Detected in Guthrie Cards from Children Who Have Developed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-360

  Isa, Adiba ^a   Priftakis, Peter ^a   Broliden, Kristina ^a   Gustafsson, Britt ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood ALL; Guthrie cards; Parvovirus; PCR; Prenatal origin

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PARVOVIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, PRE-B-CELL; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL, ACUTE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 1542267853     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20001     Document Type: Article

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