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Antibody to Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) polysaccharide (PRP) was measured in 42 children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and 42 non-leukaemic hospital controls. Modelling anti-PRP concentrations as a function of age revealed that the slopes of the trend lines differed significantly between cases and controls (P = 0.05); anti-PRP concentrations were lower among younger cases, and higher among older cases, than among controls of the same ages. © 2001 Cancer Research Campaign
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Groves, F., Sinha, D., Kayhty, H. et al. Haemophilus influenzae type b serology in childhood leukaemia: A case–control study. Br J Cancer 85, 337–340 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.2001.1903
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