Hepatosplenic candidiasis in patients with acute leukemia: Increasingly encountered complication

Anticancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1 B, 1999, Pages 757-760

  Sallah, Sabah ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Complication; Hepatosplenic candidiasis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; CANDIDIASIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMPHOTERICIN B; CANDIDIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 0032919269     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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