You are here

Article Text

Article menu

Download PDFPDF

Research Article
Indicators of malnutrition in leukaemic children.
Free
  1. M S Kibirige,
  2. P H Morris Jones,
  3. R F Stevens
  1. Department of Oncology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

    Abstract

    In 24 children with acute leukaemia a low serum albumin concentration (31 g/l or less) and a median weight:height ratio of less than 0.95 on admission were indicators of severe weight loss.

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.62.8.845

    Statistics from Altmetric.com

      Request Permissions

      If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.