Research recommendations toward a better understanding of the causes of childhood leukemia

Blood Cancer Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ziegelberger, G ^a   Baum, C ^b   Borkhardt, A ^c   Cobaleda, C ^d   Dasenbrock, C ^e   Dehos, A ^a   Grosche, B ^a   Hauer, J ^c   Hornhardt, S ^a   Jung, T ^a   Kammertoens, T ^f   Lagroye, I ^g   Lehrach, H ^h   Lightfoot, T ⁱ   Little, M P ^j   Rossig, C ^k   Sanchez Garcia, I ^l   Schrappe, M ^m   Schuez, J ⁿ   Shalapour, S ^f   Slany, R ^o   Stanulla, M ^m   Weiss, W ^a   more..

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^j NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

ⁿ INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; STEM CELL NICHE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 81555206541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20445385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2010.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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