Height and weight pattern up to 20 years after treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-164

  Birkebaek N H ^a,b   Clausen, N ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Body mass index standard deviation score; Chemotherapy; Height standard deviation score; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; DOXORUBICIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT STATURE; SKULL IRRADIATION;

EID: 0031902149     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.79.2.161     Document Type: Article

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