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Total body bone measurements: A cross-sectional study in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia during and following completion of therapy

  1. Kara M. Kelly MD1,*,
  2. John C. Thornton PhD2,
  3. Deborah Hughes MPH1,
  4. Ifeyinwa Osunkwo MD, MPH1,
  5. Michael Weiner MD1,
  6. Jack Wang MS2,
  7. Mary Horlick MD3

Article first published online: 24 SEP 2008

DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21760

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Pediatric Blood & Cancer

Pediatric Blood & Cancer

Volume 52, Issue 1, pages 33–38, January 2009

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Kelly, K. M., Thornton, J. C., Hughes, D., Osunkwo, I., Weiner, M., Wang, J. and Horlick, M. (2009), Total body bone measurements: A cross-sectional study in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia during and following completion of therapy. Pediatr. Blood Cancer, 52: 33–38. doi: 10.1002/pbc.21760

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  1. 1

    Division of Pediatric Oncology, Columbia University Medical Center, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, New York, New York

  2. 2

    Body Composition Unit, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York

  3. 3

    Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland

*Division of Pediatric Oncology, Columbia University Medical Center, 161 Fort Washington Avenue, Irving Pavilion 7, New York, NY 10032.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 NOV 2008
  2. Article first published online: 24 SEP 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 7 AUG 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 25 FEB 2008

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  • Joseph LeRoy and Ann C. Warner Fund, Inc.

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