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Birth Characteristics and Childhood Leukemia Risk: Correlations With Genetic Markers.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Jul 2015
Kennedy Amy E, Kamdar Kala Y, Lupo Philip J, Okcu Mehmet F, Scheurer Michael E, Dorak Mehmet T
Abstract excerpt
Birth characteristics such as birth order, birth weight, birth defects, and Down syndrome showed some of the first risk associations with childhood leukemia. Examinations of correlations between birth characteristics and leukemia risk markers have been limited to birth weight-related genetic polymorphisms. We integrated information on nongenetic and genetic markers by evaluating the relationship of birth...
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