Human herpes virus 6 or Epstein-Barr virus were not detected in Guthrie cards from children who later developed leukaemia

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 913-915

  Bogdanovic, G ^a   Jernberg, A G ^a   Priftakis, P ^a   Grillner, L ^a   Gustafsson, B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood ALL; Guthrie cards; Herpes virus; PCR; Prenatal origin

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GUTHRIE CARD; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LATENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 4644235461     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602099     Document Type: Article

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