Infection and pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-120

  Ma, Xiaomei ^a   Urayama, Kevin ^b   Chang, Jeffrey ^c   Wiemels, Joseph L ^c   Buffler, Patricia A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Infection; Leukemia; Lymphoblastic

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; DAY CARE; DIPHTHERIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; MEASLES; METHODOLOGY; MUMPS; PEDIATRICS; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUBELLA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TETANUS; VACCINATION; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONE CELLS; COCARCINOGENESIS; EMPLOYMENT; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NORTH CAROLINA; PARENTS; PRECURSOR B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 59349118294     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2008.10.006     Document Type: Review

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