Early diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis

Lancet

Volumn 355, Issue 9202, 2000, Pages 423-424

  Denning, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GALACTOMANNAN;

ASPERGILLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE;

EID: 0034607037     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)82003-6     Document Type: Note

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