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Delayed infection, late tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy and adult leukaemia: a case–control study
In a population-based case–control study among adults in Italy, of 261 lymphoid and 313 myeloid leukaemias and 1718 controls, a later age at adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy (after age 10 years) increased considerably the risk of lymphocytic (but not myeloid) leukaemia (odds ratio 4.2, 95% confidence...
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Nature Publishing Group
2003
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2376795/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12556958 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600689 |