Fatigue in older adults with acute myeloid leukemia: Predictors and associations with quality of life and functional status [18]

Leukemia

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 845-848

  Alibhai, S M H ^a,b,c,d   Leach, M ^a   Kowgier, M E ^a   Tomlinson, G A ^a,d   Brandwein, J M ^c,e   Minden, M D ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MITOXANTRONE; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33947377533     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404576     Document Type: Letter

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