Increased Body Mass Index during Therapy for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Significant and Underestimated Complication

Objective & Design. We undertook a retrospective review of children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and treated with modern COG protocols (n = 80) to determine longitudinal changes in body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of obesity compared with a healthy reference populati...

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Autores principales: Atkinson, Helen C., Marsh, Julie A., Rath, Shoshana R., Kotecha, Rishi S., Gough, Hazel, Taylor, Mandy, Walwyn, Thomas, Gottardo, Nicholas G., Cole, Catherine H., Choong, Catherine S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4458559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26101530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/386413

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4458559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26101530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/386413

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