Association between defb1 gene haplotype and herpes viruses seroprevalence in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 573-582

  Tesse, Riccardina ^a   Santoro, Nicola ^a   Giordano, Paola ^a   Cardinale, Fabio ^a   Mattia, Domenico De ^a   Armenio, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Children; Defensin; Gene polymorphism; Herpes virus; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEFB1 GENE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-DEFENSINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 71449121418     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880010903271705     Document Type: Article

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