Pancreas pseudocyst associated with L-asparaginase treatment: A case report

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 667-669

  Karabulut, R ^a,b   Sonmez K ^a   Afsarlar C ^a   Turkyilmaz Z ^a   Can Basaklar A ^a   Kale, N ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

L asparaginase; Pancreatic pseudocyst

Indexed keywords

EID: 30544439793     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2005.11679801     Document Type: Article

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