The spectrum of Pneumocystis carinii infection after liver transplantation in children

Transplantation

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 621-624

  Colombo, John L ^a   Sammut, Paul H ^a   Langnas, Alan N ^a   Shaw, Byers W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0026783810     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199210000-00010     Document Type: Article

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