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Intrahospital supervised exercise training: a complementary tool in the therapeutic armamentarium against childhood leukemia

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This project is supported by STRIVE Inc. (USA) and SID-CAN (Spain).

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  1. Exercise Physiology, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    A Lucia & A F San Juan

  2. Servicio de Oncohematología y Trasplante Hematopoyético, Hospital Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain

    M Ramírez, J García-Castro & L Madero

  3. Sport Science Department, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

    S J Fleck

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Lucia, A., Ramírez, M., San Juan, A. et al. Intrahospital supervised exercise training: a complementary tool in the therapeutic armamentarium against childhood leukemia. Leukemia 19, 1334–1337 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403799

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