## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Children with Down syndrome (DS) have from 10 to 20 times the risk of developing acute leukemia than the general pediatric population. There is mixed evidence for associations between reproductive history or infertility and acute leukemia among children without DS. ## M
Periconceptional vitamin use and leukemia risk in children with Down syndrome : A Children's Oncology Group study
โ Scribed by Julie A. Ross; Cindy K. Blair; Andrew F. Olshan; Leslie L. Robison; Franklin O. Smith; Nyla A. Heerema; Michelle Roesler
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 83 KB
- Volume
- 104
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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