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Trends in age- and sex-adjusted body mass index and the prevalence of malnutrition in children with cancer over 42 months after diagnosis: a single-center cohort study

The adequate nutritional status of pediatric cancer patients is particularly important to enable them to cope with the demands of the disease and its treatment and to maintain normal growth. Malnutrition and obesity have both been associated with reduced survival and increased drug toxicity. We inve...

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Autores principales: Aarnivala, Henri, Pokka, Tytti, Soininen, Riina, Möttönen, Merja, Harila-Saari, Arja, Niinimäki, Riitta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6942564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31659466
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-019-03482-w