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===Common risk factors=== | ===Common risk factors=== | ||
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk factors may include the following: | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk factors may include the following: | ||
*Radiation exposure | *Radiation exposure<ref name="pmid9024390">{{cite journal| author=Greaves MF| title=Aetiology of acute leukaemia. | journal=Lancet | year= 1997 | volume= 349 | issue= 9048 | pages= 344-9 | pmid=9024390 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9024390 }} </ref> | ||
*Benzene exposure | *Benzene exposure | ||
*Infections with the following viruses | *Infections with the following viruses | ||
**EBV | **EBV | ||
**HTLV-1 | **HTLV-1<ref name="pmid9024390">{{cite journal| author=Greaves MF| title=Aetiology of acute leukaemia. | journal=Lancet | year= 1997 | volume= 349 | issue= 9048 | pages= 344-9 | pmid=9024390 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9024390 }} </ref> | ||
*Previous use of chemotherapy drugs | *Previous use of chemotherapy drugs | ||
*Smoking | *Smoking | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2] Carlos A Lopez, M.D. [3]
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of acute lymphoblastic leukemia are Down syndrome, ataxia telangiectasia, Bloom syndrome, X-linked agammaglobulinemia, Fanconi's anemia and severe combined immunodeficiency.
Risk Factors
Common risk factors in the development of acute lymphoblastic leukemia are Down syndrome, ataxia telangiectasia, Bloom syndrome, X-linked agammaglobulinemia, Fanconi's anemia severe combined immunodeficiency, Radiation exposure, exposure to benzene, and smoking.
Common risk factors
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia risk factors may include the following:
- Radiation exposure[1]
- Benzene exposure
- Infections with the following viruses
- EBV
- HTLV-1[1]
- Previous use of chemotherapy drugs
- Smoking
- Down syndrome
- Ataxia telangiectasia
- Bloom syndrome
- X-linked agammaglobulinemia
- Fanconi's anemia
- Severe combined immunodeficiency
Less common risk factors
- Exposure to paint
- Electromagnetic filed radiation exposure
- Obesity
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Greaves MF (1997). "Aetiology of acute leukaemia". Lancet. 349 (9048): 344–9. PMID 9024390.