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Glutathione S-transferase genotypes in children who develop treatment-related acute myeloid malignancies.
Leukemia - 1 Feb 2000
Woo M H, Shuster J J, Chen C, Bash R O, Behm F G, Camitta B, Felix C A, Kamen B A, Pui C H, Raimondi S C, Winick N J, Amylon M D, Relling M V
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Epipodophyllotoxin-associated secondary myeloid leukemia is a devastating complication of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) therapy. The risk factors for treatment-related myeloid leukemia remain incompletely defined. Genetic deficiencies in glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities have been linked to higher frequencies of a number of human malignancies. Our objective was to determine whether the null genotype...
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