Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis with thrombosis in the left atrium

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 250-254

  Kobayashi, Kanako ^a   Yano, Shuichi ^a   Shishido, Shinji ^a   Tokushima, Takeshi ^a  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; Left atrium wall invasion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HUMAN; LUNG MYCOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY;

ASPERGILLOSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035290490     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.250     Document Type: Article

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