Possible viral etiology of childhood acute lymphosarcoma-cell leukaemia in Kenya.
Abstract
Childhood acute lymphosarcoma-cell leukaemia (CALSCL) accounts for 13-14% of all childhood leukaemias in Kenya. It occurs in temporal clusters in children aged 5-9 years, and an environmental leukaemogenic factor is therefore suspected. A study of children with acute leukaemia was carried out, and suggested that CALSCL is a specific clinical entity amongst the acute lymphocytic leukaemias. Whether human T-cell leukaemia virus (HTLV) may play a role in its etiology remains to be determined
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6100287http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/29512
Citation
Leukemia - MedlinePlus Health Information IARC Sci Publ. 1984;(63):745-7.Publisher
Univesity of Nairobi Department of Medicine
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10377]