Western Australian children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia are taller at diagnosis than unaffected children of the same age and sex

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 767-770

  Davis, Esther ^a   Jacoby, Peter ^b   de Klerk, Nicholas H ^b   Cole, Catherine ^c   Milne, Elizabeth ^b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Epidemiology; Height

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79952138362     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22832     Document Type: Article

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