Interactions of Consanguinity and Number of Siblings with Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a common malignancy in children. Consanguinity has a high prevalence in developing countries and increases the probability of homozygosity for many genes which may affect ALL and its prognosis. We conducted a study to explore the impact of consanguinity and numb...

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Main Authors: Ameer Kakaje, Mohammad Marwan Alhalabi, Ayham Ghareeb, Bahjat Karam, Bassam Mansour, Bayan Zahra, Othman Hamdan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7919310