Links in childhood leukaemia

Article Abstract:

Pre- and postnatal exposures, and genetic abnormalities account for most of the childhood leukaemia epidemiology. Chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and genetic abnormalities account for 5% of cases. In utero X-ray accounts for around 1% of cases. The biological, physical, chemical, and infectious agents also act as major risk factors. Data on survivors of Japanese bombings and Greek infants close to the Chernobyl accident area reveal that postnatal and prenatal background radiation, and in utero X-rays cause an increase in leukaemia. Eighty percent of the cases result from the defective position of 23 on the long arm of chromosome 11.

Analysis, Genetic disorders

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Mortality before and after HIV infection in the complete UK population of hemophiliacs

Article Abstract:

There is a marked increase in the number of deaths in people with mild and severe haemophilia who contract AIDS indicating that most of the deaths are due to AIDS or conditions that are linked with it. The death rates which amounted to 8 in a 1000 between 1977 and 1984, in U.K. rose to an alarming 81 per 1000 between 1991 and 1992, in cases of severe haemophilia and from 4 in a thousand to 85 per 1000, in cases of mild haemophilia. Most of the haemophiliacs contracted AIDS due to blood transfusion.

HIV (Viruses), HIV, Observations, Hemophilus infections, AIDS (Disease)

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Infant leukaemia after in utero exposure to radiation from Chernobyl

Article Abstract:

Greek infants exposed to very low level intrauterine ionizing radiation from the Chernobyl accident, and those born to mothers in high radioactive regions show greater incidence and risk for leukemia. The former have 2.6 times higher incidence than the unexposed infants. Children aged 12 to 47 months fail to show such differences. Also, low level preconceptional radiation fails to alter the risk for leukemia.

Research, Injuries, Fetus, Growth, Chernobyl, Ukraine, Nuclear Accident, 1986, Fetal development, Greeks

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