Neutropenic enterocolitis in adults: Case series and review of the literature

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-220

  Cunningham, Steven C ^a   Fakhry, Karim ^a   Bass, Barbara L ^a   Napolitano, Lena M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Intestinal complication; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Neutropenic enterocolitis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CARCINOMA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIC ENTEROCOLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NEUTROPENIC; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LEUKEMIA, ERYTHROBLASTIC, ACUTE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 14644443652     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-1585-1     Document Type: Review

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