Cryptococcal meningitis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 52, Issue OCT, 2004, Pages 831-832

  Malhotra, P ^a   Chauhan, S ^a   Bhatt, P ^a   Varma, Neelam ^b   Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^b   Kumari, Savita ^a   Jain, S ^a   Varma, S ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL;

EID: 19444383901     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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