Malnutrition in childhood lymphoblastic leukemia: A predictor of early mortality during the induction-to-remission phase of the treatment

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 150-153

  Mejía Aranguré, Juan Manuel ^a   Fajardo Gutiérrez, Arturo ^a   Reyes Ruíz, Norma Isabel ^b   Bernáldez Ríos, Roberto ^a   Mejía Domínguez, Ana María ^b   Navarrete Navarro, Susana ^a   Del Carmen Martínez García, Ma ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acute; Chemotherapy; Child nutrition; Leukemia; Lymphoblastic; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEXICO; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REMISSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 0344223473     PISSN: 01880128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-0128(98)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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