Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a patient with stage IV ovarian cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 225-227

  Watanabe, Minoru ^a   Aoki, Yoichi ^a   Kurata, Hitoshi ^a   Tanaka, Kenichi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Corticosteroids; Ovarian cancer; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENTAMIDINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; OVARY CARCINOMA; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; WEANING;

EID: 0036930186     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.2002.6821     Document Type: Article

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