No evidence for an effect of nutritional status at diagnosis on prognosis in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 534-538

  Weir, Jennifer ^a   Reilly, John J ^a,b   McColl, John H ^a   Gibson, Brenda E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Leukemia; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032466845     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199811000-00004     Document Type: Article

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