Molar pregnancy, childhood cancer and genomic imprinting - Is there a link?

Human Fertility

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-174

  Roman, Eve ^a   Doyle, Pat ^b   Lightfoot, Tracy ^a   Ansell, Pat ^a   Simpson, Jill ^a   Allan, James M ^a   Kinsey, Sally ^c   Eden, Tim O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Epidemiology; Epigenetics; Hydatidiform mole; Imprinting; Molar pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; INFANT; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RECALL BIAS; SARCOMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL, ACUTE; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; SARCOMA;

EID: 33749234412     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647270600636400     Document Type: Article

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