Mucormycosis: Report of 11 Cases

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1985, Pages 578-581

  Rangel Guerra, Ricardo ^a   Martinez, Hector R ^a   Sáenz, Corando ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCYTOSINE; INSULIN; KETOCONAZOLE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG THERAPY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FUNGUS; HUMAN; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUCORMYCOSIS; ORBITAL DISEASES;

EID: 0021811825     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1985.04060060080013     Document Type: Article

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