Case report: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia presenting as a solitary cavitating lung lesion in non-HIV immunosuppressed patients

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 821, 1996, Pages 472-475

  Uwyyed, K ^a   Bar ziv, J ^a   Kramer, M R ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG CAVITATION; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030013823     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-69-821-472     Document Type: Article

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