Neutropenic enterocolitis in adults: Systematic analysis of evidence quality

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Gorschlüter, Marcus ^a   Mey, Ulrich ^a   Strehl, John ^a   Ziske, Carsten ^a   Schepke, Michael ^a   Schmidt Wolf, Ingo G H ^a   Sauerbruch, Tilman ^a   Glasmacher, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal infections; Acute leukaemia; Neutropenic enterocolitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APLASTIC ANEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUTROPENIC ENTEROCOLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ENTEROCOLITIS, NEUTROPENIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 21044456878     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2005.00442.x     Document Type: Review

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