Breastfeeding and early infection in the aetiology of childhood leukaemia in down syndrome

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 860-864

  Flores Lujano, J ^a   Perez Saldivar, M L ^a   Fuentes Panana E M ^a   Gorodezky, C ^b   Bernaldez Rios, R ^a   Del Campo Martinez, M A ^c   Martinez Avalos, A ^d   Medina Sanson, A ^e   Paredes Aguilera, R ^d   De Diego Flores Chapa, J ^f   Bolea Murga, V ^g   Rodriguez Zepeda, M C ^a   Rivera Luna, R ^d   Palomo Colli, M A ^e   Romero Guzman, L ^d   Perez Vera, P ^d   Alvarado Ibarra, M ^f   Salamanca Gomez F ^c   Fajardo Gutierrez, A ^a   Mejia Arangure J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b Inmunogenetica   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^e HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^f Hospital 20 de Noviembre   (Mexico)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Down syndrome; Infections; Leukaemia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PATERNAL SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 70249089093     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605244     Document Type: Article

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