Clinical outcomes and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) following haemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for paediatric leukaemia

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 571-580

  Clarke, S A ^a   Skinner, R ^b   Guest, J ^b   Darbyshire, P ^c   Cooper, J ^c   Vora, A ^d   Urquhart, T ^d   Jenney, M ^e   Powell, J ^e   Eiser, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL FOR WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT); Health related quality of life (HRQOL); Oncology; Paediatric leukaemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTHERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958208734     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01182.x     Document Type: Article

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