Perianal infections in patients with leukemia: Importance of the course of neutrophil count

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-85

  Büyükaşik, Yahya ^a,b   Özcebe, Osman Ilhami ^a   Sayinalp, Nilgün ^a   Haznedaroǧlu, Ibrahim Celalettin ^a   Altundag, Özden Özen ^a   Özdemir, Oktay ^a   Dündar, Semra ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Leukemia; Neutropenia; Neutrophil count; Perianal infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS DISEASES; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0344043318     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236900     Document Type: Article

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