Hypercalcaemia caused by Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia while in leukaemic remission

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 102-103

  Mills, A K ^a   Wright, S J ^a   Taylor, K M ^a   McCormack, J G ^a  

^a MATER ADULT HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0033055943     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1999.tb01604.x     Document Type: Article

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