No CMV DNA in Guthrie cards from children who later developed ALL

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-205

  Gustafsson, Britt ^a   Jernberg, Asa ^a   Priftakis, Peter ^a   Bogdanovic, Gordana ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood ALL; CMV; Guthrie cards; Prenatal origin; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GUTHRIE CARD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; VIREMIA;

EID: 33644844658     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010500506677     Document Type: Article

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