The cause of fever following resolution of neutropenia in patients with acute leukemia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1064-1068

  Barton, Todd D ^a   Schuster, Mindy G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029778187     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.6.1064     Document Type: Article

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