Birth weight and childhood leukemia: Time to tackle bigger lessons

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-2

  Ross, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID5B PROTEIN; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME 1; DIPLOIDY; FETUS GROWTH; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERDIPLOIDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NOTE; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 81155151802     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.23267     Document Type: Note

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