Increased risk of ALL among premature infants is not explained by increased prevalence of pre-leukemic cell clones

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 188-190

  Lausten Thomsen, Ulrik ^a   Madsen, Hans Ole ^a   Vestergaard, Therese Risom ^a   Hjalgrim, Henrik ^b   Lando, Ane ^a   Schmiegelow, Kjeld ^a,c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblatic leukaemia; Childhood leukaemia; Chromosomal translocations; ETV6 RUNX1; Premature children

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER RISK; CELL CLONE; CELL COUNT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 12; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 21; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRELEUKEMIA; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ACUTE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 76849087443     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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