Clinical Presentation of Infection in Granulocytopenic Patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 1975, Pages 715-719

  Sickles, Edward A ^a,b   Greene, William H ^a   Wiernik, Peter H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; RECTAL DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0016805371     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1975.00330050089015     Document Type: Article

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