Body composition in children in remission from acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Author(s) -
Alexia J. MurphyAlford,
Jonathan C. K. Wells,
Jane Williams,
Mary Fewtrell,
Peter S.W. Davies,
David Webb
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/83.1.70
Subject(s) - body mass index , medicine , composition (language) , population , body water , prednisolone , fat free mass , fat mass , pediatrics , body weight , philosophy , linguistics , environmental health
Changes in body composition are commonly reported in pediatric survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). However, the effect of ALL and of its treatment on body composition in children in remission from ALL has not been fully examined with the use of a reference method.
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