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Perinatal risk factors for acute myeloid leukemia.
European journal of epidemiology - 1 Dec 2015
Crump Casey, Sundquist Jan, Sieh Weiva, Winkleby Marilyn A, Sundquist Kristina
Abstract excerpt
Infectious etiologies have been hypothesized for acute leukemias because of their high incidence in early childhood, but have seldom been examined for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We conducted the first large cohort study to examine perinatal factors including season of birth, a proxy for perinatal infectious exposures, and risk of AML in childhood through young adulthood. A national cohort of 3,569,333 persons...
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