Neutropenic enterocolitis: Spectrum of the disease and comparison of definite and possible cases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 695-699

  Gomez, L ^a   Martino, R ^b   Rolston, K V ^b  

^a HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442748165     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514946     Document Type: Article

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