Radiological features of fungal typhlitis complicating acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-19

  Kamal, M ^a   Wilkinson, A G ^a   Gibson, B ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON DILATATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

CANDIDIASIS; CECAL DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031025350     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050054     Document Type: Article

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