Imaging of hepatosplenic candidosis. Hepatosplenic candidiasis is a severe complication encountered in immuno-compromised patients;Bildgebende diagnostik bei hepatolienaler candidose

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 587-590

  Müller, Dieter ^a   Kopka, L ^b   Grabbe, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Candidosis; Contrast agent; CT; Leukaemia; Liver; MRI; Spleen; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPLEEN DISEASE;

CANDIDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 0345426338     PISSN: 09366652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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