Hepatic and splenic abscesses - a common complication of intensive chemotherapy of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) - A prospective study

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 33-38

  Grois, N ^a   Mostbeck, G ^a   Scherrer, R ^a   Chott, A ^b   Schwarzinger, I ^a   Muhm, M ^a   Bettelheim, P ^a   Forstinger, C ^a   Laczika, K ^a   Kyrle, P A ^a   Lechner, K ^a  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

AML; Diagnosis; Hepatosplenic abscesses; Sonography

Indexed keywords

AMSACRINE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; MITOXANTRONE;

ABSCESS; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTERIA; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 0025908849     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: 14320584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01714958     Document Type: Article

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