Environmental factors in childhood leukaemia.
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Childhood leukaemia and lymphoma: African experience supports a role for environmental factors in leukaemogenesis
Major differences exist in the nature of leukaemia and lymphoma in low-income African children compared to those in the high-income countries. These include the absence of the peak incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in under-five-year olds that characterizes the disease in high-income countries. Conversely, chloroma association with acute myelogenous leukaemia (CA-AML/AMML) and Bu...
متن کاملCataracts in childhood leukaemia.
The incidence and severity of cataract were studied in 37 children who had completed treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Twelve (32%) had posterior subcapsular lens opacities. Treatment had included corticosteroids and cranial irradiation, but no dose relationship was evident. The boys were more severely affected than the girls. Although none of the lens opacities was optically signifi...
متن کاملMonocytic leukaemia in childhood.
In 1913 Reschad and Schilling Torgau suggested the possibility of a distinctive hyperplasia affecting the monocytic cells of the blood under the name of ' splenocytic leukaemia.' With the more accurate title of ' monocytic leukaemia,' this is now an established entity. Though still regarded as a rare disease, this condition is being increasingly recognized. In 1933 only twenty histologically au...
متن کاملThe Prevalence of Childhood Obesity and Some Biological-Environmental Associated Factors in Neishabour-Iran, Winter 2006
OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing worldwide. This study investigated the prevalence of obesity and its associated factors in schoolchildren of Neishabour, winter 2006. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a cross–sectional study, 1471 students, aged 6-12 years, were selected by a two-stage cluster sampling. Height and weight of the students were measured and BMI was calculated...
متن کاملDevelopment of CNS leukaemia in acute myeloid leukaemia in childhood.
In 130 cases of acute myeloid leukaemia in children below the age of 14 years in Great Britain, there were 21 cases in which the central nervous system was involved. The incidence and timing is similar to that of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; in a small number of patients who received prophylactic treatment, involvement of the central nervous system was prevented.
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1988
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.45.12.843