Reproductive history, infertility treatment, and the risk of acute leukemia in children with Down syndrome: A report from the Children's Oncology Group

Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2067-2074

  Puumala, Susan E ^a   Ross, Julie A ^a,b   Olshan, Andrew F ^c   Robison, Leslie L ^d   Smith, Franklin O ^e   Spector, Logan G ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MMC 715 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Down syndrome; Epidemiology; Infertility; Leukemia; Reproductive history

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 35649002050     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23025     Document Type: Article

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