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Original Articles: Clinical

Association between obesity at diagnosis and weight change during induction and survival in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Marie-Chantal EthierChild Health Evaluative Sciences
,
Sarah AlexanderDivision of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Oussama AblaDivision of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Gloria GreenDivision of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Renita LamChild Health Evaluative Sciences
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Lillian SungChild Health Evaluative Sciences;Division of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1677-1681 | Received 24 Oct 2011, Accepted 02 Feb 2012, Published online: 26 Mar 2012

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