Acute leukaemia in children with Down syndrome: A population-based Nordic study

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 797-804

  Zeller, Bernward ^a   Gustafsson, Göran ^b   Forestier, Erik ^c   Abrahamsson, Jonas ^d   Clausen, Niels ^e   Heldrup, Jesper ^f   Hovi, Liisa ^g   Jonmundsson, Gudmundur ^h   Lie, Sverre O ^a   Glomstein, Anders ^a   Hasle, Henrik ^e  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoid leukaemia; Acute myeloid leukaemia; Children; Down syndrome; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTARABINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENETIC DAMAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; T CELL LEUKEMIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; NORWAY;

EID: 20144388603     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05398.x     Document Type: Article

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