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Case Reports
. 2008 Jan;15(1):37-40.
doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2007.09.011. Epub 2007 Dec 26.

[HHV-6 infection and acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a child]

[Article in French]
E Seror  1 , P DeVillartay, G Leverger, G Lenoir
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Case Reports

[HHV-6 infection and acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a child]

[Article in French]
E Seror et al. Arch Pediatr. 2008 Jan.

Abstract

We report the case of a child who was infected by HHV-6 and who started an acute lymphoblastic leukemia two months later. This case reminds that an etiologic role have been suggested for many viral infections in some leukemias in childhood, particularly the human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6).

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