Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis

Archives of Otolaryngology

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 1977, Pages 600-604

  Pillsbury, Harold C ^a   Fischer, Newton D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALORIDINE; CLINDAMYCIN; CYTARABINE; GENTAMICIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE; ORBIT; RHINOGENIC INTRACRANIAL COMPLICATION; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; BRAIN DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE DISEASES;

EID: 0017659147     PISSN: 00039977     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1977.00780270068011     Document Type: Article

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