Male or Female? It Depends on the Dose

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  • Liza Gross
چکیده

Background: An earlier case-control study from Western Australia reported a protective effect of maternal folic acid supplementation during pregnancy on the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). The present study tested that association.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • PLoS Biology

دوره 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006