Nutritional status of children and adolescents at diagnosis of hematological and solid malignancies

Objective:To assess the nutritional status of child and adolescent patients with cancer at diagnosis.Methods:A total of 1154 patients were included and divided into two groups: solid and hematological malignancies. The parameters used for nutritional assessment were weight, height, triceps skinfold...

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Main Authors: Priscila dos Santos Maia Lemos, Fernanda Luisa Ceragioli de Oliveira, Eliana Maria Monteiro Caran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842014000600420&lng=en&tlng=en