Relation between Maternal Diet and Subsequent Primitive Neuroectodermal Brain Tumors in Young Children
New England Journal of MedicinePublished 19 August 1993Open access
Greta R. Bunin, René R. Kuijten, Jonathan D. Buckley, Lucy B. Rorke, Anna T. Meadows
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The hypothesis that nitrosamines have a role in the development of primitive neuroectodermal tumors in young children is not supported, but it is suggested that certain other aspects of maternal diet can influence the risk.
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These results do not support the hypothesis that nitrosamines have a role in the development of primitive neuroectodermal tumors in young children, but they do suggest that certain other aspects of maternal diet can influence the risk.
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