Evidence for under-diagnosis of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in poorer communities within Great Britain

BACKGROUND: Recorded incidence of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia tends to be lower in poorer communities. A ‘pre-emptive infection hypothesis’ proposes that some children with leukaemia die from infection without diagnosis of leukaemia. Various different blood abnormalities can occur in unt...

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Autores principales: Kroll, M E, Stiller, C A, Richards, S, Mitchell, C, Carpenter, L M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3341865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22472883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.102

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3341865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22472883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.102

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