Dexamethasone-Induced Sarcopenia and Physical Frailty in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study
Dexamethasone-Induced Sarcopenia and Physical Frailty in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study
Emma Jacobine Verwaaijen
1
, MSc ;
Annelienke van Hulst
1
, MD ;
Marta Fiocco
1
, Prof Dr, PhD ;
Annelies Hartman
2
, PhD ;
Martha Grootenhuis
1
, Prof Dr ;
Saskia Pluijm
1
, PhD ;
Rob Pieters
1
, Prof Dr, MD ;
Erica van den Akker
3
, MD, PhD ;
Marry M van den Heuvel-Eibrink
1
, Prof Dr, MD
1
Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, Netherlands
2
Department of Pediatric Physiotherapy, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands
3
Department of Endocrinology, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands