Nutrition, morbidity, and survival in south african children with Wilms' tumor

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 321-327

  Wessels, G ^a   Hesseling, P B ^a   Van Ommeren, K H ^a,b   Boonstra, V ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Nutrition; Survival; Wilms' tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 0032983978     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/088800199277146     Document Type: Article

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