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Hypotheses for aetiology of ALL
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The ‘delayed infection’ hypothesis
some childhood leukaemia are the result of a rare
response to an unidentified infection following
geographic or social isolation early in life);27
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The ‘population mixing’ hypothesis
leukaemia results from an unfamiliar or
uncommon infection which the child is exposed
to through new contact with people from
different geographical areas