RSV infection complicating the therapy of pediatric malignancies: Report of six cases

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 261-263

  Vettenranta, Kim ^a   Ukkonen, Pentti ^a   Saarinen, Ulla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

children; immunosuppressed; respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; RIBAVIRIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RIBAVIRIN;

EID: 0029991438     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199604)26:4<261::AID-MPO8>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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