Neutropenic enterocolitis in adult leukemias

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-55

  Büyükaşik, Yahya ^a,b   Ilhami Özcebe, Osman ^a   Celalettin Haznedaroǧlu, Ibrahim ^a   Sayinalp, Nilgün ^a   Riza Soylu, Ali ^a   Özdemir, Oktay ^a   Dündar, Semra ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Gastroenterology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Leukemia; Neutropenic enterocolitis; Pathogenesis; Risk factors; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031193857     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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