Longitudinal assessment of nutritional status in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in Cuba

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1031-1034

  Gonzalez A ^a   Cortina, L ^a   Gonzalez P ^b   Gonzalez C ^c   Garcia T ^a   De Svarch, E G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HEMATOLOGÍA E INMUNOLOGÍA   (Cuba)

^b HOSPITAL PEDIÁTRICO DOCENTE WILLIAM SOLER   (Cuba)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS DE LA HABANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER CENTER; CHILD; CUBA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUBA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 1942453258     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2003.12.025     Document Type: Article

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