Chronic systemic aspergillosis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 175-177

  Kern, W ^a   Braess, J ^a   Bertz, H ^b   Pott, C ^a   Schleyer, E ^a   Finke, J ^b   Ruchel R ^a   Hiddemann, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Aspergillosis; Fungal infection

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; NEUTROPENIA;

EID: 0031955056     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050383     Document Type: Article

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