Protein energy malnutrition and skeletal muscle wasting in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 720-726

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Marwaha, R K ^a   Bhalla, A K ^a   Gulati, M ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Department of Pediatrics   (India)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Chemotherapy; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; BODY COMPOSITION; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION;

EID: 0033626269     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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