Evaluation of muscle protein mass in children with solid tumors by muscle thickness measurement with ultrasonography, as compared with anthropometric methods and visceral protein concentrations

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 402-406

  Taskinen, M ^a   Saarinen Pihkala, U M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer in children; Muscle index; Muscle protein mass; Pediatric solid tumors; Protein energy malnutrition; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOLID TUMOR; THICKNESS; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

EID: 0031750211     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600574     Document Type: Article

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