Childhood and maternal infections and risk of acute leukaemia in children with Down syndrome: A report from the Children's Oncology Group

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1866-1872

  Canfield, K N ^a,b   Spector, L G ^b,c   Robison, L L ^b,c   Lazovich, D ^a,c   Roesler, M ^b,c   Olshan, A F ^d   Smith, F O ^e   Heerema, N A ^f   Barnard, D R ^g   Blair, C K ^b,c   Ross, J A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Infections; Leukaemia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRONCHITIS; CANCER RISK; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COMMON COLD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN SYNDROME; EAR INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; INTERVIEWS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 19944428648     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602223     Document Type: Article

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