Article
Childhood Pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia and glutathione S-transferase omega 1 and 2 polymorphisms.
International journal of laboratory hematology - 1 Aug 2015
Rezazadeh D, Moradi M-T, Kazemi A, Mansouri K
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most prevalent malignancy among children and makes up 23% of total childhood cancers worldwide. Pre-B ALL is one of the most common ALLs, comprising about 80% of childhood cases. A variety of genes are involved in metabolizing carcinogens. These gene polymorphisms can result in less efficient or overly-down metabolic pathways, which may contribute to the...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Alleles
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Glutathione Transferase
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Odds Ratio
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
