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SUBMITTER: Chokkalingam AP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3415610 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chokkalingam Anand P AP Metayer Catherine C Scelo Ghislaine G Chang Jeffrey S JS Schiffman Joshua J Urayama Kevin Y KY Ma Xiaomei X Hansen Helen M HM Feusner James H JH Barcellos Lisa F LF Wiencke John K JK Wiemels Joseph L JL Buffler Patricia A PA
Cancer causes & control : CCC 20120728 9
Accumulating evidence suggests that childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) may be initiated in utero or early in the postnatal period. High birth weight (or rapid fetal growth) is associated with risk of ALL, but the mechanisms are not understood. In a population-based epidemiologic study of childhood ALL, we utilized a haplotype-based approach to assess the role of eight genes involved in fetal growth and body size regulation in 377 childhood ALL cases and 448 controls. We found significa ...[more]