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Genetic variants modify susceptibility to leukemia in infants: a Children's Oncology Group report.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Jan 2013
Ross Julie A, Linabery Amy M, Blommer Crystal N, Langer Erica K, Spector Logan G, Hilden Joanne M, Heerema Nyla A, Radloff Gretchen A, Tower Richard L, Davies Stella M
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BACKGROUND: The mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) gene is commonly rearranged in infant leukemia (IL). Genetic determinants of susceptibility to IL are unknown. Recent genome-wide association studies for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have identified susceptibility loci at IKZF1, ARID5B, and CEBPE. PROCEDURE: We genotyped these loci in 171 infants with leukemia and 384 controls and evaluated associations...
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