Ongoing assessment of nutritional status in children with malignant disease

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 393-403

  Attard Montalto, S P ^a,c   Hadley, J ^b   Kingston, J E ^a   Eden, O B ^a,d   Saha, V ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^d CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer malnutrition; Symptom score

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MELPHALAN; SERUM ALBUMIN; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW RESCUE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0031679180     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880019809016567     Document Type: Article

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