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Genetic risk factors for leukemia are all except:

A
Down's syndrome
B
Bloom syndrome
C
Ataxia telangiectasia
D
Turner's syndrome
High-Yield Explanation
d. Turner's syndrome(Ref: Nelson's 20/e p 2442-2444)Genetic conditions predisposing to leukemia* Down syndrome* Diamond-Blackfan anemia* Turner syndrome (least associated)* Fanconi syndrome* Klinefelter syndrome* Neurofibromatosis type 1* Ataxia - telangiectasia* Severe combined immune deficiency* Bloom syndrome* Schwachman syndrome* Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria* Li-Fraumani syndromeNote: All the given conditions are risk factors for leukemia. Out of them Turner syndrome is least associated with leukemia.

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