Routine chest radiography for the evaluation of febrile neutropenic patients after autologous stem cell transplantation

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 170-174

  Roy, Vivek ^a,b   Ali, Lubna I ^a   Selby, George B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WP 2010 Box 26901   (United States)

Author keywords

BMT; Chest radiographs; Febrile neutropenia; Pulmonary infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BACTEREMIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034084869     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8652(200007)64:3<170::AID-AJH5>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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