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Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: genetic determinants of susceptibility and disease outcome.
Reviews on environmental health - 1 Jan 2000
Krajinovic M, Labuda D, Sinnett D
Abstract excerpt
The origin of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common pediatric cancer, can be explained by a combination of genetic factors and environmental exposure. The environmental toxicants to which an individual is exposed are biotransformed and eliminated from the body after metabolic conversion mediated by Phase I and Phase II xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes. Phase I enzymes catalyze hydroxylation,...
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