Pulmonary infections mimicking cancer: A retrospective, three-year review

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 90-93

  Rolston, Kenneth V I ^a   Rodriguez, Saul ^a   Dholakia, Nizar ^a,b   Whimbey, Estella ^a   Raad, Issam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Fungi; Infections; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030946326     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01262563     Document Type: Review

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