Pulmonary abscess as a complication of transarterial embolization of multinodular hepatocellular carcinoma

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1942-1943

  Cubiella, Joaquín ^a   Sans, Miquel ^a   Llovet, Josep M ^a,b   Bustamante, Javier ^a   Ferrer, Ana ^a   Caballeria, Juan ^a   Rodés, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030870157     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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