Pyogenic hepatic abscess. A 10-year population-based retrospective study

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 396-402

  Hansen, Per Syrak ^a   Schønheyder, Henrik Carl ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abscess; Follow up; Liver; Microbiology; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0031972320     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb01363.x     Document Type: Article

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