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Evaluating the Causal Link Between Malaria Infection and Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma in Northern Uganda: A Mendelian Randomization Study

BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria infection is suspected to cause endemic Burkitt Lymphoma (eBL), but the evidence remains unsettled. An inverse relationship between sickle cell trait (SCT) and eBL, which supports that between malaria and eBL, has been reported before, but in small stud...

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Autores principales: Legason, Ismail D., Pfeiffer, Ruth M., Udquim, Krizia-Ivana, Bergen, Andrew W., Gouveia, Mateus H., Kirimunda, Samuel, Otim, Isaac, Karlins, Eric, Kerchan, Patrick, Nabalende, Hadijah, Bayanjargal, Ariunaa, Emmanuel, Benjamin, Kagwa, Paul, Talisuna, Ambrose O., Bhatia, Kishor, Yeager, Meredith, Biggar, Robert J., Ayers, Leona W., Reynolds, Steven J., Goedert, James J., Ogwang, Martin D., Fraumeni, Joseph F., Prokunina-Olsson, Ludmila, Mbulaiteye, Sam M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5704046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29033373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.09.037