Growth patterns and gastrointestinal symptoms in pediatric patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Purpose/objectives: To identify growth patterns and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in pediatric patients during the first four months after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and to assess whether an association exists between acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and growth pattern changes or GI symptoms.

Design: A prospective, longitudinal cohort design.

Setting: A tertiary children's hospital in a metropolitan area in the southern United States.