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Maternal Herpesvirus Infections and Risk of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in the Offspring

25 Jul 2003

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A critical role for infection in the etiology of childhood leukemia has repeatedly been suggested. The authors undertook a case-control study nested within national maternity cohorts with altogether 7 million years of follow-up to assess the relative role of three maternal herpesvirus infections in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Offspring of 550,000 mothers in Finland and Iceland formed the joint...

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PMID: 12882942
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg137

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