Febrile episodes in childhood malignancies

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 952-957

  Dubey, A P ^a   Singhal, Dinesh ^a   Krishna Prakash, S ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Febrile episodes; Infections; Malignancies; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NEUTROPENIA; SEPSIS;

CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; SEPSIS;

EID: 0036782506     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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