Investigation of TT virus in the etiology of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 543-551

  Shiramizu, Bruce ^a,b,d   Yu, Qigui ^c   Hu, Nigjie ^c   Yanagihara, Richard ^a   Nerurkar, Vivek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Leahi Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Central nervous system; Circovirus; Polymerase chain reaction; TT virus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOGENESIS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; INCIDENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

VIRUS DNA;

BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BONE MARROW CELLS; CHILD; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 1842854969     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010290097396     Document Type: Article

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