Hepatic lesions of chronic disseminated candidiasis may become invisible during neutropenia

Blood

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3858-3864

  Pestalozzi, Bernhard C ^a   Krestin, Gabriel P ^a   Schanz, Urs ^a   Jacky, Emanuel ^a   Gmür, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANDIDIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030730393     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v90.10.3858     Document Type: Article

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