Sonographic signs of neutropenic enterocolitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1397-1402

  Dietrich, Christoph F ^a   Hermann, Stella ^b   Klein, Stefan ^b   Braden, Barbara ^b  

^a CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bowel wall thickness; Neutropenia; Ultra sonography

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IDARUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CECUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGEMIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; ILEUM; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE WALL; LETHALITY; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPENIC ENTEROCOLITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL FLUID; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33645526644     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i9.1397     Document Type: Article

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