Inferior outcomes for overweight children undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-217

  Bulley, Sean ^a   Gassas, Adam ^a   Dupuis, L Lee ^a   Aplenc, Richard ^a   Beyene, Joseph ^a   Greenberg, Mark L ^a   Doyle, John J ^a   Sung, Lillian ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; Overweight; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349003832     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06900.x     Document Type: Article

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