Journal article
Serum creatinine: A surrogate measurement of lean body mass in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Since creatinine is formed almost exclusively in skeletal muscle, the hypothesis of a relationship between serum creatinine (SC) and lean body mass (LBM), determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), was tested.
METHODS: Two cohorts of patients were analyzed: 37 children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and 20 children with primary muscular disorders (PMD). The latter cohort was used as a comparative group. …
Authors
Sala A; Tarnopolsky M; Webber C; Norman G; Barr R
Journal
Pediatric Blood & Cancer, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 16–19
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
July 2005
DOI
10.1002/pbc.20291
ISSN
1545-5009