Journal article
Creatine monohydrate attenuates body fat accumulation in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia during maintenance chemotherapy
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Corticosteroids are an important component of the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), with known significantly negative effects on bone and muscle. Creatine monohydrate (CrM) supplementation may be an adjunctive therapeutic strategy to attenuate some of these adverse effects.
PROCEDURE: Nine children with ALL in the maintenance phase of treatment on the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) protocol 2000-2001 were treated …
Authors
Bourgeois JM; Nagel K; Pearce E; Wright M; Barr RD; Tarnopolsky MA
Journal
Pediatric Blood & Cancer, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 183–187
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
August 2008
DOI
10.1002/pbc.21571
ISSN
1545-5009