Pneumonia in febrile neutropenic patients and in bone marrow and blood stem-cell transplant recipients: Use of high-resolution computed tomography

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 796-805

  Heussel, Claus Peter ^a   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a   Heussel, Gudula E ^a   Fischer, Berthold ^a   Begrich, Markus ^a   Mildenberger, Peter ^a   Thelen, Manfred ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0032977941     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/jco.1999.17.3.796     Document Type: Article

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