Malnutrition: A Risk Factor in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Background: Malnutrition is an adverse prognostic factor in the outcome of children with standard risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia due to a significantly higher rate of bone marrow relapse in the malnourished patients. The event free survival of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in develo...

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Main Author: Sawsan S. Abbas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine University of Baghdad 2010-07-01
Series:مجلة كلية الطب
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Online Access:http://iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/article/view/1000