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Childhood Leukemia

Known as: Leukemia, Childhood 
An acute or chronic leukemia that occurs during childhood.
National Institutes of Health

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Acute lymphocytic leukemiaBone MarrowChronic Lymphocytic LeukemiaHematological Disease

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Review
2006
Review
2006
Risk Factors for Acute Leukemia in Children: A Review
Although overall incidence is rare, leukemia is the most common type of childhood cancer. It accounts for 30% of all cancers… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Late-occurring stroke among long-term survivors of childhood leukemia and brain tumors: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
PURPOSE This report examines the incidence of and risk factors for strokes that occur in > or = 5-year survivors of childhood… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors for Childhood Leukemia: Appraising the Evidence
Childhood leukemia is the most common cause of malignancy under the age of 15, representing an annual incidence rate of 43 cases… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Psychological outcomes in long-term survivors of childhood leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare psychological outcomes in long-term survivors of pediatric leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and non… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Critical windows of exposure to household pesticides and risk of childhood leukemia.
The potential etiologic role of household pesticide exposures was examined in the Northern California Childhood Leukemia Study. A… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Genetic polymorphism of thiopurine methyltransferase and its clinical relevance for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) catalyses the S-methylation of thiopurines, including 6-mercaptopurine and 6-thioguanine… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Role of N-nitroso compounds (NOC) and N-nitrosation in etiology of gastric, esophageal, nasopharyngeal and bladder cancer and contribution to cancer of known exposures to NOC.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Exposure to residential electric and magnetic fields and risk of childhood leukemia.
The relation between exposure to electric and magnetic fields in the home, as assessed by measurements, wiring configuration, and… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A population‐based case‐control study of childhood leukemia in shanghai
A population‐based case‐control interview study of 309 childhood leukemia cases and 618 healthy population control children was… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
The central nervous system in childhood leukemia: I. The arachnoid
A histopathologic study was performed to evaluate the distribution and extension of intracranial leukemic infiltrates and their… 
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