Beverly J Lange1, Robert B Gerbing, James Feusner

  • 1Division of Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa 19104, USA. lange@email.chop.edu

JAMA
|January 13, 2005
PubMed
まとめ

急性骨髄性白血病 (AML) の子どもは,体重が過小または過体重である場合,生存率が著しく低下し,治療に関連する死亡率が高くなります. これらの発見は,小児AMLのアウトカムに対するボディマス指数 (BMI) の重要な影響を強調しています.

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