XRCC4 rs28360071 intronic variant is associated with increased risk for infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia with KMT2A rearrangements

Abstract Early age acute leukemia (EAL) shows a high frequency of KMT2A-rearrangements (KMT2A-r). Previous investigations highlighted double-strand breaks arising from maternal exposure to xenobiotics during pregnancy as a risk factor for EAL and KMT2A-r. In this case-control study, we investigated...

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Main Authors: Orlando Louzada-Neto, Bruno A. Lopes, Gisele D. Brisson, Francianne G. Andrade, Ingrid S. Cezar, Cíntia B. Santos-Rebouças, Rodolpho M. Albano, Maria S. Pombo-de-Oliveira, Ana Rossini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2020-12-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572020000600111&tlng=en