Fever and neutropenia in children with malignant disease

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 503-510

  Roguin, Ariel ^a   Kasis, Imad ^a   Ben Arush, Myriam Weyl ^a   Sharon, Rivka ^a   Berant, Moshe ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOSARCOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR;

EID: 0029908831     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880019609030865     Document Type: Article

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